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To Be Sold the Very Atmosphere - 365tomorrows
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The Spacecraft of the Medusa - 365tomorrows
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Coming Alive - 365tomorrows
Author: Fatemah Albader “You look beautiful today, Maggie,” said Barry Chambers, of Barry Chambers & Associates. “Thank you, Master Chambers. But I am obligated to answer that I always look the same.” Maggie wore the same yellow dress every day. It complimented her tanned skin and brought out the glaze in her eyes. “It’s always […]
To Be Sold the Very Atmosphere - 365tomorrows
Author: Angela Acosta Juru steadied the nozzle skyward, working his way up the curvature of the inner dome. It was tricky work sealing in the pleasant mixture of breathable air for the new inhabitants. The locals christened their new home Stoda, short for Standard Dry Air, to remind themselves of the aqueous globe that once […]
To Be Sold the Very Atmosphere - 365tomorrows
Phylliroe - 365tomorrows
Author: Georgia Scalise It’s common knowledge that eyesight is a thing of the ancient past. Ask any kid and they’ll be more than happy to tell you the stories about how millions of years ago, humanity supposedly lived above the surface, basking in sunlight and using their eyes to gather information. No one remembers why […]
The Food Lives of Aliens - 365tomorrows
Author: David Barber “There’s the official version,” said Lev. “Where First Contact was that signal from the Jirt ship out in the Oort. Then there’s what really happened.” The old hands round the bar had heard all this before, but it was Lev’s birthday and he was footing the bar bill. He focused on the […]
The Food Lives of Aliens - 365tomorrows
Kan, Ya Ma Kan - 365tomorrows
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 […]
Transform - 365tomorrows
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 […]
Lesser Androids - 365tomorrows
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 […]
Lesser Androids - 365tomorrows
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 […]
Automated Living - 365tomorrows
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 […]
On Time and Intent - 365tomorrows
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 […]
On Time and Intent - 365tomorrows
War No More - 365tomorrows
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 […]
War No More - 365tomorrows