Grocery Story
Cleanup on aisle six.
Excommunication
They’re here, and they’ve brought distressing news.
Rickey
The school has never had a puppet student before Rickey.
Celeronian Natives
Beulah Khware longs to become a Celeronian, but only the most committed pass the citizenship test.
The Vanishing
Amelia has The Vanishing, a disease caused by unrooted immigrant identity.
A Golem Made of You
You sit among the flora. I sit with you.
Blank Slate
This time, a higher cheekbone, an aquiline nose…
Gains
It’s just one little pill. What’s the worst that could happen?
Cargo
The life of a corporate mercenary is one long boring wait, punctuated by brief, bright red bouts of violence.
You Were Only a Stranger Here
A woman sells her body scan and soon sees synthetic companions modeled in her exact likeness.