Goodly Creatures
When Crawford, a bioengineer, stumbles upon the eviscerated corpse of a florafox, she must hunt down her escaped biosynth—a dangerous benthomander whose genecode may have been compromised.
Today’s Face
The trouble with all looking and sounding the same is that it’s impossible to pick a voice out of the crowd.
Silence
It’s not the silence that gets you—despite the dire warnings in the training sims. After a few weeks the silence becomes an ocean, a universe, and it’s all yours. You float within it, your lungs fill with it, it becomes you. Yes, you control the silence.
The problem is the noise.
Cameras Up! Action On!
There’s no business like vote business.
Just Us
Happy Holidays from The Dread Machine.
Digital Ghouls
Ciphers flicker and spin like firemoths in the lambent glow // Bending and twisting in cyclone contortions // Trembling at the touch of my haptic caress
Nucleus Accumbens
A celebrity begins seeing a glowing purple cloud that materializes over time into something exceptional.
Have You Seen This Hungry Ghost?
In a story that combines traditional Chinese culture with futuristic technology, the protagonist searches for a deceased friend, but carries sinister designs for their reunion.
No Regrets on Fourth Street
Marco always said skins are an information courier’s best weapon. Constantly changing, they allow us to stump the cameras and operate safely in plain sight. He said it would be enough.
He was wrong.
No Filter
The love of Lola’s life, Terrence, was born blind. Thankfully, he has TruSight, prosthetic eyes that allow him to see. He prefers to keep the EaseFilter on, though, enhancing his surroundings—and Lola—by making everything look a bit better. “No Filter” is a story about love, perception, and self-acceptance.
