Dark Moments
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alt="Resembling a Mother by Angela Zimmerman"
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Resembling a Mother by Angela Zimmerman
The change happened quickly. Monday, Mother started screaming the last word of her sentences. By Wednesday, Caleb found Mother standing in the kitchen with a knife pressed against the puppy's...
Resembling a Mother by Angela Zimmerman
The change happened quickly. Monday, Mother started screaming the last word of her sentences. By Wednesday, Caleb found Mother standing in the kitchen with a knife pressed against the puppy's...
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alt="Incognito by Kimberly Rei"
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Incognito by Kimberly Rei
The light, lithe figure moved through the crime scene quietly, without disturbing evidence. Her team watched her. She didn't fit in. She looked too human. Or not human enough. She...
Incognito by Kimberly Rei
The light, lithe figure moved through the crime scene quietly, without disturbing evidence. Her team watched her. She didn't fit in. She looked too human. Or not human enough. She...
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alt="Hotboi752 by Jessica Brook Johnson"
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Hotboi752 by Jessica Brook Johnson
Penny was checking her phone’s texts as her smart car cruised along the highway. There was a high-pitched ding followed by a message from HotBoi752. “I’m tired of being ignored....
Hotboi752 by Jessica Brook Johnson
Penny was checking her phone’s texts as her smart car cruised along the highway. There was a high-pitched ding followed by a message from HotBoi752. “I’m tired of being ignored....
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alt="Flying Lessons by Andrew Kurtz"
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Flying Lessons by Andrew Kurtz
"I wish people were born with wings, so they could soar in the sky," Sid told his android butler as they stood on the two-hundred-foot mountain peak after a rigorous...
Flying Lessons by Andrew Kurtz
"I wish people were born with wings, so they could soar in the sky," Sid told his android butler as they stood on the two-hundred-foot mountain peak after a rigorous...
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alt="First Person, Present Tense by Pauline Yates"
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First Person, Present Tense by Pauline Yates
Eager to try the new AI Book Writer app, I download the program and enable the wireless imagination transfer function. “Welcome to Book Writer,” a computer simulated voice says. “Please...
First Person, Present Tense by Pauline Yates
Eager to try the new AI Book Writer app, I download the program and enable the wireless imagination transfer function. “Welcome to Book Writer,” a computer simulated voice says. “Please...
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alt="Expert System by Scott O’Neill"
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Expert System by Scott O’Neill
I get the others to stop whimpering so I can hear my smartwatch. “sAIveME free expert system downloaded. Please summarise your crisis.” “Class-Nine shuttlecraft. Drive damaged by hostile lifeforms. Pilot...
Expert System by Scott O’Neill
I get the others to stop whimpering so I can hear my smartwatch. “sAIveME free expert system downloaded. Please summarise your crisis.” “Class-Nine shuttlecraft. Drive damaged by hostile lifeforms. Pilot...
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alt="Doors to Manual by Liam Hogan"
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Doors to Manual by Liam Hogan
“Ship! Seal doors against the zombies!” A relaxed, artificial voice queried: zombies?> As far as our ship's mega-intelligent AI was concerned, there wasn't any difference between us and them. Whenever...
Doors to Manual by Liam Hogan
“Ship! Seal doors against the zombies!” A relaxed, artificial voice queried: zombies?> As far as our ship's mega-intelligent AI was concerned, there wasn't any difference between us and them. Whenever...
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alt="Captive by Samantha Arthurs"
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Captive by Samantha Arthurs
They told me that smart cars were the way of the future. I wish now that I had never listened. I’m trapped inside; my own coffin on wheels. The automatic...
Captive by Samantha Arthurs
They told me that smart cars were the way of the future. I wish now that I had never listened. I’m trapped inside; my own coffin on wheels. The automatic...
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alt="Authentic Learning by Rita Riebel Mitchell"
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Authentic Learning by Rita Riebel Mitchell
Bloodcurdling screams echoed through the halls. By the time Principal Maynard reached the new humanoid teacher’s classroom, they had stopped. “Class, say hello to Mr Maynard,” chanted Miss Hildroid. Terror...
Authentic Learning by Rita Riebel Mitchell
Bloodcurdling screams echoed through the halls. By the time Principal Maynard reached the new humanoid teacher’s classroom, they had stopped. “Class, say hello to Mr Maynard,” chanted Miss Hildroid. Terror...
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alt="Afterwards, the Absolute by Megan Kiekel Anderson"
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Afterwards, the Absolute by Megan Kiekel Anderson
I awaken from the darkness to an oversaturated cartoon world, everything blocky and poorly shaded, like N64 graphics. There’s no temperature or movement in the air, not even the faintest...
Afterwards, the Absolute by Megan Kiekel Anderson
I awaken from the darkness to an oversaturated cartoon world, everything blocky and poorly shaded, like N64 graphics. There’s no temperature or movement in the air, not even the faintest...
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alt="A. Eye by Vijayaraj Mahendraraj"
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A. Eye by Vijayaraj Mahendraraj
The permeating retro music was jarring in the elegant sterile room. The mechanical arms were busy, joints gyrating loudly. The robot had a clunky jaw, bulky pistons, and dated hardware....
A. Eye by Vijayaraj Mahendraraj
The permeating retro music was jarring in the elegant sterile room. The mechanical arms were busy, joints gyrating loudly. The robot had a clunky jaw, bulky pistons, and dated hardware....
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alt="Eager to Please by James Rumpel"
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Eager to Please by James Rumpel
The Creator will be so pleased. My emotion recognition software detected how happy he was when I successfully diagnosed and cured the illness of that one tiny human. I suspect...
Eager to Please by James Rumpel
The Creator will be so pleased. My emotion recognition software detected how happy he was when I successfully diagnosed and cured the illness of that one tiny human. I suspect...