ALGORITHMS OF LIFE AND DEATH • by Adam Walker
The first thing they taught me was the Trolley Problem. The hypothetical car under my control is heading towards five people; I can change the direction but that will hit one person, what should I do?...
View ArticleI WOULD GIVE YOU ALL THE STARS • by Aidan Doyle
The Akahoshi Hikari 4X is a family-class spaceship that comes equipped with the latest advancements in AI, as well as the superior firepower and reliable navigation you’ve come to expect from...
View ArticleLIFESPAN • by G. J. Dunn
You were there when I was installed. On a boat, one hundred miles from any coastline, you pushed me into the slot and started the installation sequence. The first thing I was aware of is that I was...
View ArticleCONCEPTUALIZATIONS • by Albert N. Katz
Since the most recent late-term miscarriage, I could see Janet falling once again into depression and the twilight world she entered when under stress and uncertainty. And she was frightened, clearly...
View ArticleTHE NIGHTMARE OF ALEX CARIDDI • by Milkana N. Mingels
Since the day the two aliens — an organic form and a machine from the Black Eye galaxy, a spiral galaxy some 17 million light years away — appeared on Earth, Alex Cariddi had been cursing the day he...
View ArticleTHE PERSISTENCE OF MEMORY • by Jeff Gard
The Source crawls through code, examining and discarding ones and zeros until it finds the rogue defrag program nibbling away at bandwidth. A hidden cache of photos exists on an obsolete server that...
View ArticlePERIWINKLE • by Krystal Wolf
Ten years ago, everyone thought A.I. Richtree was just an eccentric tech trillionaire with a hidden identity. These days, everybody is aware that A.I. Richtree is a rogue supercomputer that is somehow...
View ArticleTHE TEST • by D. J. Moore
The fire truck wails, lights blinking to life. Jackpot. As all the cars on the freeway move over, I get right behind the emergency vehicle and ride its wake, passing all the suckers who pulled over. A...
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THE FUTURE IS LAUGHING • by Ruby Zehnder
Do you swear to tell the truth, the whole truth and nothing but the truth, so help you God? I do. Please state your full legal name, social security access code, and the nature of the crime or...
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ONE CHANCE IN A MILLION • by Hana Carolina
They grew a heart for her and had operated by the time Dr. Kracauer realised his colleague, Dr. Montague, misread the scan. “I didn’t misread it,” he said. “I read the report. I always do. It was all...
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