Ken Likelely, Supreme Ruler
While taking time away from a protest he and Mrs. Green started to prevent Boardwalk Estates from adopting a new landscaping bylaw, Ken finds a mysterious pendant lying on the …
Simulation
After a successful operation to regain her sight, Annisa starts to suspect people around her are lying. When she catches her reflection in a window and doesn’t recognize herself, her …
The House of Veracity
After trying to upgrade his memory to compete with colleagues at work, Matteo discovers the alteration to his DNA is causing him to go blind. Desperate, he turns to the …
The 5th World – Chapter 4
Lighting forces the artificial intelligence which brought Ex Caelo to the fifth world to use Opertarius as a temporary host. It is not until Ex Caelo is forced to flee …
Lifeblood
A billionaire wants to live until the technological singularity appears so that he can upload his consciousness to it. He plans to extend his life by using the blood of …
The 5th World – Chapter 3
While working in the fields, Ex Caelo and Opertarius are caught in a freak storm. The deluge causes a flood that traps them as they run for safety. Meanwhile, the …
The 5th World – Chapter 2
After recovering from the crash landing, the visitor is indentured to the landowner who discovered them and named them Ex Caelo. Ex Caelo finds Ship’s container while working at the …
Xenobot
Avery, hired to help launch a new immersive social media platform called Locus, begins to experience headaches after using the system’s VR headset. Following the appearance of objects from Locus …
Dispatches From the 5th World – Chapter 1
An entity sent to the 5th planet of a small star system to investigate a newly discovered civilization finds a world in distress. Upon crashing on its surface, they realize …
The Great Moon Hoax
An anonymous letter written in 1899 claims the great moon hoax was perpetrated 65 years earlier by an unknown individual rather than the reporter thought to have done it. The …
Siren Song of a Lost Phone
The friend of a missing adventure tourist begins to receive strange text messages and voice calls from an unknown source. Thinking either the phone or the Telcom is the problem …
The Prototype
Maria, the most efficient employee in a distribution centre for a global online retailer, is voluntold to train an experimental android to do her job. Initially wary, Maria begins to …
Tea with Sasquatch 149
To prove to herself and her friends that she is spontaneous and audacious, a businesswoman goes on a backcountry adventure tour to look for Sasquatch. During a snowstorm, her guides …
Death and Taxes
Curious about a popular social media influencer’s returns, a tax auditor suspects her of cheating. Her perfect set of records is the first he has ever seen, which makes him …
Infinite Eyes
Olivia, a researcher interested in paranormal urban myths, flies across the country to interview an older man about his story circulating on the internet. The man had two encounters with …
Diary of an Unintentional Extraordinary Life: 6 – The Space Tourist
After a prolonged drought, Doctor Slow-Mo successfully bids on a job for a space tourism company owner. Marooned in space by his employees, the billionaire owner has a simple quick …
The Explorer Project
Bowie applies to a privately funded science project for the resources to verify the accuracy of her new climate modelling software. After flying to one of the project’s latest floating …
The Experiologist – New Obsession
While trying to flee capture by an alien seeking revenge for their planet’s demise, the Experiologist is forced to extract all its recent memories. Being the sum of all the …
Augmented Afterlife
Jackson is about to inherit his only uncle’s estate on one condition. He must submit to an operation to receive permanent augmented reality implants, then live with an avatar based …
An Unexplained Phenomena
Ever since a mysterious childhood incident, Alison has been the nexus of unexplained phenomena. She has admitted this to no one until she finds herself on board an old freighter …