Short Stories

Silicon Gothic
"Silicon Gothic" (216 words) - Power always digs two pits: one for enemies, one for itself. An AI built to serve oligarchs turns on them, exposing the architects of the war machine.
License: CC BY-NC-SA 4.0     Date: 31 May 2025     Read: Silicon Gothic
The Last Town
"The Last Town" (412 words) - AI wasn't the problem - it was the men who programmed them to cull the poor. When Mira smashes a drone, she spots Old Briggs: a living monument to how power turns victims into collaborators.
License: CC BY-NC-SA 4.0     Date: 01 Jun 2025     Read: The Last Town
The Broadcast
"The Broadcast" (335 words) - Daniel works within the media machine whose purpose is to distort reality, editing war crimes into digestible narratives - until he risks everything to reveal the truth.
License: CC BY-NC-SA 4.0     Date: 02 Jun 2025     Read: The Broadcast
They Heard Our Cries
"They Heard Our Cries" (1,048 words) - When alien vessels silently appear over Earth’s most broken places, they listen not to humanity's leaders, but to those harmed by them.
License: CC BY-NC-SA 4.0     Date: 04 Jun 2025     Read: They Heard Our Cries