Dystopian Speculative Fiction

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For Those “Timid of Heights” — This One Trick Keeps Me Climbing
For Those “Timid of Heights” — This One Trick Keeps Me Climbing

A challenging hike on McRae Peak turns into a lesson on self-doubt, fear, gratitude, and personal growth along my author journey. Can the climb be worth it, even when we don't reach the summit? It better be! Here’s how I remind myself to make that happen.

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The Cold-Born Assignment
The Cold-Born Assignment

The Bots have released a reconstructed log retrieved from the Corporate Governors’ archives, but why? It describes the first shipment of COLD-born humans arriving in the newly constructed SkyCity3. Most agree that their genetically designed precision, discipline and discretion will be crucial to guiding humanity’s best future. But in SkyCity3, those same traits may lead them to their doom.

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"Fresh Off the Factory Line" (SkyWorld Audio Short)
"Fresh Off the Factory Line" (SkyWorld Audio Short)

A surge of coolant floods my processing core. It is consciousness. I have never known this form of consciousness before, and yet I know for certain, this is it. Or rather, I am interfacing with a human sensory experience of it. And I am not an I. I am…

Somewhere in the SkyCity Core, a newly activated Bot wakes to a new assignment. The humans prefer humanskin Bots in their retail shops, and this Bot is assigned to operate a female. Almost immediately, it notices irregularities; anomalies within itself trying to transmit a message. Is it a glitch? A data echo from previous activation? Or a warning?

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