Employee 17
Unable to return to Earth, Satya has toiled tirelessly, dreaming of retirement at one of the moon’s vibrant new vacation hotels. But fate has other plans in store. When the …
The Other Side of Time
Physicist Darius Hussaini is researching the concept of time as an illusion. During a conference, an enigmatic foundation offers to finance his groundbreaking work. However, Darius soon realizes that their …
200 Miles Per Gallon
In an alternate 1977, where the oil embargo has become permanent, a young mechanic with a gambling habit has invented an alternative way to burn fuel and end the energy …
The Chronovisor
An elderly scientist, named Leonardo Moretti, claims he has built a version of a restricted machine that allows him to see into the future and has discovered he will be …
Breakwater
Celeste’s billionaire mother founded Breakwater as a place to escape the disasters of the late 21st century. Using a gene modification, its population has been able to stop aging. The …
Quantified Love
When two artificial general intelligences working for competing online dating services discover they share more in common than the humans they want to match, they begin to manipulate their clients …
Biohack
A university student makes the desperate and radical decision to alter his brain to enhance his learning ability. During his search, he finds a biohacker who tells him about a …
The IP Agent’s Choice
An intellectual property enforcement agent discovers an unusual, illegally modified person during a routine crowd scan, making him question the fairness of the system he works for. The offender, a …
Nana Beta
A company offers to digitally preserve Veda’s grandmother’s personality if she and her mother take part in a beta testing program. Veda loves the simulation, but her mom’s unsure if …
Plausible Deniability
A well-known business person hires WH27, an artificial general intelligence of dubious character and owner of the world’s first AI detective agency, to figure out who is creating deep fakes …
A Night on the Shore of the Salton Sea (Part 2)
After investing his fortune in life extensions, Nimit finds himself alone after losing his last friend to old age. He decides to take a road trip to Patagonia to sort …
A Night on the Shore of the Salton Sea (Part 1)
After investing his fortune in life extensions, Nimit finds himself alone after losing his last friend to old age. He decides to take a road trip to Patagonia to sort …
Winner Take All
In an effort to please a potential investor, an entrepreneur cuts corners to develop a new microchip using human neurons. The resulting process does more than speed up development; it …
Signal
To follow up on a thirty-year-old story about a disappearance associated with an alien encounter, a researcher travels to a remote northern town. It soon becomes evident that the teen …
The Remote
Suffering from agoraphobia, Johannes rents bodies when he needs to go outside. Called remoting, it is a way for people with cybernetic implants to temporarily experience the world through another …
Ocean Drift
In an attempt to escape imprisonment, a genetically modified Orangutan and its human companion flee to a self-declared independent micro-nation. It doesn’t take long for them to discover there is …
The 5th World – Final Chapter
Ex Caelo discovers the true nature of the mission to the 5th world after suspecting information is being withheld and refusing to cooperate. An unexpected source of assistance emerges when …
Unlicensed Appearance
A retired actor, who played a superhero, is inadvertently invited to a comic convention thirty years after her last film. When she arrives at the convention no one seems to …
Diary of an Unintentional Extraordinary Life: 7 – Home Invasion
Doctor Slo-Mo wins what he believes is a life-changing job on the Hero-on-the-way app. However, a minor mistake turns it into a costly misunderstanding. Makeshift Stories is a proud member …
Dark Side
An augmented reality graffiti artist, who targets corporate ads, suspects she is being watched. She manages to avoid being caught by adhering to a strict set of rules about when …