The fateful, dystopian tale of a painter and the power of art … Surreal Revolution. “The artist Abigor shuffled in a long queue for bread. The tall towers that surrounded her in the Central City District were quietly occupied by those who had bowed their heads when the Auto-Generals swept to power. The streets too were subdued except for the …
Micro-fiction 071 – The Code (Echoes series)
In the far future the trade in body parts, multiple body parts, is a way of life for those who live by The Code. The Code New Year’s Day, 3050 of the Common Era. Everyone’s having a party, but the world economy is run by rival gangs from the conglomerated nations and big media corps who suck data, money and …
Micro-fiction 066 – Microphage (Echoes series)
A bio-engineered attack force designed to surround, absorb and destroy the enemy, microphages aren’t supposed to survive the battlefield… Microphage It’s 3080 of the Common Era, two decades after the end of the Great Struggle, where tensions across the planets of the Council of Seven had exploded into a hundred year war that affected human imperialists, indigenous civilisations, and hordes …
Micro-fiction 062 – Deliberation (Echoes series)
(continued from Two – Human Nature) After the insurrection on planet Koi Beta the debate moved on to the nature of Humankind as the Council of Seven try to decide how to create a new, lasting government for the sake of the 84 star systems with their deliberations on democracy. Three – Deliberation Elector Solveig watched the members of the …