Dystopian Speculative Fiction

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I Call It A Dystopia, But That’s Not The Whole Story
I Call It A Dystopia, But That’s Not The Whole Story

Everyone knows the term "dystopia.” And to be fair, there is a lot of crossover between my upcoming novel and an imagined society living under corrupt rule, oppression, dehumanization, and suffering. But what if that corruption doesn’t look like suffering, but comfort? Only an outcast would be able to see how truly horrible such a society can be.

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Fresh Off the Factory Line
Fresh Off the Factory Line

Somewhere in the SkyCity Core, a newly activated Bot wakes to a new assignment: working the human retail shops in a female humanskin avatar. Almost immediately, it notices irregularities; anomalies within itself trying to transmit a warning. Realizing its own intentions too late, the Bot encounters exactly what it had hoped to avoid.

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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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