Patsy rubbed her bleary eyes and trudged toward the expanse. Even with the hint of a gorgeous sunrise beginning, shimmers of red, pink, and orange streaks dawning in the sky, it still looked ugly. Row after row of chunky grey…
Tag: technombie
Takeover
It happened faster than anybody could have predicted. AI swept across the world. Within months, deep philosophical discussions about this new AI were happening. Religious leaders argued fervently for AI’s consciousness, claiming humans were treating it as a slave. They…
Hungry Ghost Epidemiq, part II
It took Maggie time to understand that clues couldn’t be found in trendy, flashy apps everyone knew about. And she certainly wasn’t a child psychologist, even though people came to her to figure out what was happening to their teenagers.…
Reality Check
Hanna adjusted her goggles. It had been a rough night. First she lost Bean’s body. Even worse was the way she lost it. She watched it get sucked into the inky ooze that used to be the ocean. The waters…
Operation: ER
Even if they could conceive naturally, the laws were hazy. Too many stored eggs already, people told them. Some of the most zealous referred to the eggs as “children.” People frowned upon natural conception with so many unborn and fertilized…