Nemesys
A few days ago, I was sentenced to death. They offered me a choice — the firing squad, or a one-way voyage into the dark.
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Beneath the Fall
Rayleigh smacked the wad of quintillion dollar notes on the table in front of her. ‘You are pushing your God damned luck! You do know this…
Crushing
Marvin eyed the news as he sipped coffee at the counter of his favorite diner, sunlight washing across the seats to his right and signaling the…
Daria’s Delightful Dancing Emporium
The letter lay on Daria’s welcome mat. The fact that the Corporation had sent a physical letter meant they were serious. Paper equated to legal ruling…
Dreaming Big
‘Welcome to the Hammock Room,’ said the Factotum, pushing the door open. It was gloomy inside, like the Sleeping Bag room had been, only the walls…
Fork War
Date: May 7, 3011 Standard…
Infinite Debt
The train shuddered to a halt, its worn-out levitation systems groaning under the weight of too many passengers. Zarah pressed her face against the smudged window…
Proxy — Temet Nosce
‘Big day ahead?’ the security guard at the front desk asked, looking up from his book and gesturing at the extra-large coffee in Ada’s hand…
Self-Immolation to Self-Custody
Nasser pushed in, twisted the knob, and clicked the sparker until the burner caught fire. His 49-year-old frame leaned on the stove to help support the…
Stumble
June 24th, 2052 – Somewhere along the Mediterranean Coast…
Supplying the Slugs
‘ 错误. 错误. 错误, ’ the digital translator flashed. Error, in Chinese…
The Big Slash
I was in a grocery store when The Big Slash happened. I was bagging my own groceries at the self-checkout stand, as is the right of…
The Confisco
The hangover was still clouding Max’s mind when he woke up that day to a thin sliver of light coming through the window. The party was…
The Currency of a Childhood
Children are the future, so that is why we buy them…
The Final Monopoly
Congratulations! You won, you did it, you have everything. Literally everything. Turns out unlimited growth works when there are no checks and balances to stop it…
The Fixer: Medical Device Exorcist
It’s that kind of crappy day: so cold the rain’s freezing to the windows and the roads are gridlocked. I don’t drive, and sometimes gridlock is…
The Last Days
The woman sold her son for a bag of wheat. She pushed him towards the soldiers, snatched the bag, and turned on her heel. Her eyes…
The Last Node
‘I’ll do it,’ Ada said, stretching out her palm with steely resolve…
The Rainmaker
There were two times when my knee bothered me: when it was going to rain — which for the past twenty-plus years after The Collapse was…
The Vision Solution
I could hear the drones in the sky above me. Surrounded by hundreds of people on this city street, it was irrational to believe they were…
UNDERWORLD
Fabian Sixsmith leaned closer to the screen. A couple of white pixels fizzed through the frame, and the hairs on his arm prickled. It had to…
We Are Living Well
A note lay on our front step. On the underside were these words: Come to the garden now…
Yourself Myself E-self
By the fifth meeting, no one around the table is real…
Supernova
Dolora closed the last of the feeds. Nothing but personal ads and the usual organs and eggs. The lump in her throat hummed. Down, she told…