The Waking Ark by T.N. Traynor is set eight centuries after Earth fell silent. Cal wakes inside Ark Twelve to failing oxygen and a containment purge already in motion. Rescued by Mara Nova, he joins a small group of survivors navigating a vessel damaged by...

After the Quiet: Stories to the Edge and Back, Volume Two by Carl Lakeland is a collection that leans into the tension of lives lived under pressure, where consequences arrive before anyone is ready to name them. The opening story, Bagels and a White Rose,...

“In this way, you only know what they permit you to know, you become what they want you to be, and you exist only if they allow it.” The more things change, the more they stay the same in Dark Neology: Dante's Gray Pages by...

In a world that was seemingly perfect, Etan Standish was a master architect called the “Finisher”, a nickname he earned through persistence. In this world, architects were interpreters of intention, and their tasks were endless. As the “Finisher”, he was capable of any task, but...

Glassborn by KN Tristan takes place on Mars inside a sealed human colony where an automated system called Valence manages life-critical decisions by statistical optimization. In 2179, medical apprentice Quinta Voss continues clinical work after her father, Hadrian Voss, dies during a containment event officially...

Ragnar Kroll has built a world, just over twenty-five years from now, where humans thrive in peace, and crime and anti-social behavior are a thing of the past. AI has proved invaluable in screening and correcting health issues in the populace through Directed Neuroplasticity Therapy....

For a decade, Mathis Grenier, a Toronto-based bio-digital architect at Hikari International, had been working on technology designed to enhance fundamental human capacity, and he was preparing for its trials. However, he is forced to yield control of the project to Aiden Frost, an American...

One Grain of Sand by David Somerfleck follows Noah Harpster, a thief sentenced to fifty years, who is coerced into a secret government medical program called Rahu and placed in cryogenic stasis. Decades later, he is discovered, revived in 2096 by Dr. Peter Hardamon, and...

Hemlock Reefs by Darice Fetcher opens in a future where the Earth’s surface has been destroyed by war, climate collapse, and human ambition. Humanity now lives far below the ocean, protected by vast living walls known as the Hemlock Reefs. These reefs permit only approved...

Rhea’s Game by Dan Uselton is set in a dystopian nightmare future where entertainment is defined by the abuse and humiliation of game show contestants. Whilst most of society lives in poverty, a few elite owners, managers, and performers in the only gameshow in town,...