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 057 – Angelo (Post-Apocalypse series)
Love is desperate in the darkness of a post-apocalyptic world. Angelo Their love erupted in the darkest, deepest alley. It seemed to stretch ever further into the shadows where the light was absorbed slowly, then expunged entirely. There too, sound was deadened, muffled, the shunting of distant cars felt like thuds underwater, and the stench of decay overwhelmed the slick …
Micro-fiction 055 – The Meadow by the Pool (Post-Apocalypse series)
A meditation on life and existence a thousand years from now… The Meadow by the Pool I sat by the pool, fishing for souls, scooping them up from the placid waters by the forest. In the bright sunlight through the trees I could see a hazy figure in the meadow, collecting the first daisies and clovers of Spring. The journey …