Scarlett Locke
Stories (2/0)
A Heart for Humankind
Earth, 2285 AD We knew the end was coming. For a while, we just weren’t sure by what mechanism. Nuclear war was a pretty good guess; chemical warfare, climate change, a global pandemic, even supervolcanic eruption had decent odds in their own right. For hundreds of years, the human race did its utmost to put off its inevitable demise. We created bionic tissues to replace the functions of certain, less resilient organs: the pancreas, the heart, the eyes. We worked to enhance—and oftentimes replace—our limbs, our cells, our genes.
By Scarlett Locke3 years ago in Fiction
The Firefly
The firefly would visit him often. Every night after his bath, the boy would scamper down the hall and into his room. The firefly would be waiting for him. Each night it hovered just outside his window, wings fluttering, its yellow glow flashing gently.
By Scarlett Locke3 years ago in Horror