The Elysian Star
After what she believes to be 5000 years, automated systems wake Dorian’s mind and download it into a temporary body. The process is supposed to be part of a maintenance …
Autonomous
To save her family’s hundred-year-old manufacturing business, Sandra decides to use the general artificial intelligence she has been working on to create a new product line consisting of autonomous yard …
Lunar Rain
Nikolay, a Russian cosmonaut, is stranded on a secret Red Army moonbase when the Soviet Union collapses. Believing the USSR’s dissolution is propaganda designed to smoke out the lunar installation, …
Escape From Haven (Part 3)
Gwen discovers Karl’s new skin’s identity, which lets her track the escapee to a recently reclaimed district. However, the Haven runaway puts questions in Gwen’s mind, which she is determined …
Escape From Haven (Part 2)
After Karl the Haven escapee eludes port security and Gwen, he manages to find the woman who initially helped him break out of the island enclave. He pressures her into …
Life in Kodachrome
Leopold has spent his life repairing appliances, and home entertainment systems struggles to remain relevant in a world of disposable digital devices. When he attempts to fix an old slide …
Redux – Escape Velocity
Two young people from a moon orbiting the second planet around Barnard’s Star end up in the same escape pod. On the surface, they are from opposing political systems but …
Diary of an Unintentional Extraordinary Life: 5 – Takeover
After a massive international corporation takes over Hero-on-the-way and pushes the app’s existing superheroes to the bottom of the search results, Honcho and Ephemera decide to fight back. They enlist …
Escape From Haven (Part 1)
Gwen, the current inspector designate of Hinterland, is suddenly tasked to track down an escapee from Haven, a remote island enclave. Kept in ignorance of their captivity, no one from …
Ken Likely, Accidental Inter-dimensional Drifter in 2I/Borisov
After falling asleep while writing a last-minute report, Ken wakes to discover the world has changed, and not in a good way. Leaf, his vegan Hippie neighbour, does not notice …
Redux – Short Wave
While sorting through her deceased uncle’s belongings, Lynn discovers a shoebox of notes documenting an unusual encounter in 1956 on his ham radio. If true, the incident would change the …
Persona Non Grata (Part 2)
Lauren, a rising online video star, is about to celebrate her two-millionth subscriber when things go unexpected sideways. She discovers a corporation has taken over her channel after successfully claiming …
Persona Non Grata (Part 1)
Lauren, a rising online video star, is about to celebrate her two-millionth subscriber when things go unexpected sideways. She discovers a corporation has taken over her channel after successfully claiming …
Diary of an Unintentional Extraordinary Life, Four – Birthday Biohack
Doctor Slow-mo tries to outdo his grandmother, aka Cerebral, by giving his six-year-old niece a DIY CRISPR home gene-editing kit as a birthday present. But neither anticipates the incredibly smart …
The Rising Waters (Part 2)
After being cognitively enhanced, Corey is disgraced and booted out of the prestigious private intelligence company which employed and altered him. Eight years later, he finally lands his first gig …
The Rising Waters (Part 1)
After being cognitively enhanced, Corey is disgraced and booted out of the prestigious private intelligence company which employed and altered him. Eight years later, he finally lands his first gig …
Diary of an Unintentional Extraordinary Life, Three – Team Building
After a somewhat disastrous encounter, a client sues Doctor Slow-mo and three other superheroes. As part of the settlement, with Hero-on-the-way, the four must take a team-building course or lose …
Otherworld (Part 2)
On a winter evening in January, Morgan goes out to find her cat Echo. She tracks him to an unusually dark shadow in the middle of a park where she …
Otherworld (Part 1)
On a winter evening in January, Morgan goes out to find her cat Echo. She tracks him to an unusually dark shadow in the middle of a park where she …
Ken Likeley – Shapeless Mistake
Instead of receiving his rare rock from an online lapidary store, a series of unfortunate oversights switches Ken’s order for an unusual 72-year-old frozen alien sample. When the thing disappears …