Fictional Worlds

archived 25 Aug 2022 15:25:36 UTC

archived 25 Aug 2022 15:24:01 UTC

Author: Majoki Once there was and there was not a place. a time. a man. a woman. a child. a robot. The medina was a maze of alleyways and shops largely unchanged for centuries. Until this one. Saad, Buchra, Abbas and Rafik sidled through the dark, narrow footways lit only by their piezoelectric clothing. Fleeing […]

Author: Amanda Leon I live a life by a thousand cuts. I’ve died too many times to count. I always feel it towards the end, the straining of my old self on new muscles, my bone edging out, ripping slowly through flesh. Some humans never change. They occupy the same body and thoughts that trap […]

archived 25 Aug 2022 15:11:50 UTC

Author: K. A. Williams The steel android watched the aluminum android cleaning the window and said, “I overheard that the humans plan to destroy all older model androids by melting them down.” “Thank you for telling me, I will inform the others.” Walter 99 finished his chore, then went to hunt other older models like […]

Author: K. A. Williams The steel android watched the aluminum android cleaning the window and said, “I overheard that the humans plan to destroy all older model androids by melting them down.” “Thank you for telling me, I will inform the others.” Walter 99 finished his chore, then went to hunt other older models like […]

archived 25 Aug 2022 15:09:00 UTC

Author: Carmen Condon ‘It was one of them …’ ‘One of the robots?’ ‘Yes! They think a robot smothered him …’ Variations on this theme drifted between the deceased’s relatives; their eyes averted from the aged care automatons whirring gently down the aisle. Verity was the exception to the rule. She resolutely focused on the […]

Author: Brian C. Mahon Posit this: If post-singularity, the lucky ascendants have their consciousness uploaded to a massive mainframe, they would have two rewards. One: As long as the servers are powered, time is untethered from sensory perception. A second could be a year, and millennium could be a microsecond. Two: The uploaded population could […]

archived 25 Aug 2022 15:07:11 UTC

archived 25 Aug 2022 15:05:39 UTC

Author: Julian Miles, Staff Writer In a room darkening as night falls, lengthening shadows are rearranged by the flickering of a grimy display screen. White, blue, green, yellow, black. The night briefly reforms. An image of an emblem flashes up to fill the view. It trembles, then stabilises. A deep voice speaks in tones of […]

archived 25 Aug 2022 15:04:06 UTC

Author: Fatemah Albader “When you install a family of your own, you’ll understand,” I said, though I wasn’t convinced she ever would truly understand. She’s 30, successful, wonderful life, but still acts out like a child, even though we took her back to the adoption agency for her adult update decades ago. You’d think she’d […]

Author: Rick Tobin Meds failed Jeremy Paloo, leaving him restless, sweating under the ship’s ventilation over his bunk. Newbie deep space fever—no crime struggling with it during maiden voyages outside the solar system, but embarrassing for executive officers. He felt something crawling, inching over his fevered chest in the cabin darkness. Jeremy scrambled, terrified, calling […]

archived 25 Aug 2022 15:01:06 UTC

Author: Maryfaith Ocampo I authorize the usage, study, and replication of my gametic cells. I grant the genetic clinics permission to edit my Genetically Modified Human (GMH) as they deem fit. I understand that there are unknown risks of experimentation with newer sequences and synthesized proteins. I confirm that the financial information I provided is […]

archived 25 Aug 2022 14:56:48 UTC

archived 25 Aug 2022 14:54:33 UTC

Author: Rosie Oliver An idealised woman never existed. She is an imagined blend of traits in a single glorious perfection, a beautiful Frankenstein of personalities. Not one considered as part of the crowd or an asset to be used or abused by another, but a woman who stands out for her learning, physique, skills and […]