Sci Fi
The Interdimensional Report
The view through the keyhole was limited, but it allowed Prince Dafydd to see the glowing orbs dancing above the center of the table where all the nobility of the fae kingdom had gathered. He watched as the orbs transformed into different creatures from across all the dimensions, from Gigantopithecus to Shadow People to vampires. Finally, the orbs solidified into an image of human ships sailing across the ocean. King Emyr appeared beside the image, and Prince Dafydd’s wings fluttered with excitement.
By Stephanie Hoogstadabout a year ago in Fiction
The Gen. XVII Update. Honorable Mention in A Knock at the Door Challenge.
It was just after midnight when a heavy pounding on the front door roused Jack from a deep slumber. He had taken a Xerostress tablet before bed, and his consciousness struggled its way through the layers of medicated sleep, drawn to wakefulness by the mechanical percussion echoing throughout the house. “Front door camera,” are the words he spoke into the darkness to the Household Assistant, but the lasting effects of the drug slurred his pronunciation.
By J. Otis Haasabout a year ago in Fiction
Algorithmic Triage Errors. Content Warning. AI-Generated.
In a war fought by algorithms, mercy becomes a metric. When the first winter ration maps went live, nobody noticed the small lines of code pulsing beneath the Ministry’s logistics feed. A single algorithm—trained to preserve stability, not life—began assigning worth.
By Jesse L Shelleyabout a year ago in Fiction
ChronoSeed
Dr. Aris Thorne was a botanist of the absolute. Her laboratory was a sterile, silver bubble clinging to the side of a dying world. Outside, the air was a toxic haze, and the soil was a gray, lifeless dust. Her life’s work, Project Verdant, was a failure. Every genetically engineered super-seed she planted withered within days, unable to cope with the poisoned earth.
By Habibullahabout a year ago in Fiction
