By Evan Conaway WWWoronin/ Shutterstock The Vaporum is a high-end smoking club in the bright lights of Buckhead City, the kind of place where rich trendsetters can come in for a few dozen cigarettes and only worry about… Continue Reading
By Keigh Ahr Ociacia/ Shutterstock Booker read the text message from his boss: Hi! Please stop by my office at 2:30. Have a great shift! The 22-year-old employee of Daybreak Market realized he was about to get fired,… Continue Reading
By Harold Hoss Vadim Sadovski/ shutterstock Solomon gently closed the bedroom door. He lingered for a moment just past the threshold, staring straight ahead. He’d shared this bedroom with his wife Nicole for twelve years, and yet this… Continue Reading
By Bob Freeman dezignor/shutterstock The Captain stood on the bridge of the SentientsRevenge staring out across the void, bored to the point of tears. The First Mate noticed the situation and said, “Captain, we’ve been out here for… Continue Reading
By Jack Croughwell sdecoret/shutterstock That was her problem with people. They never died when she needed them to. The Countess feigned ambivalence as best she could, wrung her hands together on the viewing platform and praying that no… Continue Reading
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By Joseph Hurtgen WWWoronin/ shutterstock Downbeat sprawled out on the broken concrete, eyes rolled back, body vibrating. Out of his mouth a stream of data, numbers, code, keywords, shadows of intelligence. Xqijy— everyone called her Exie—kneeled at his… Continue Reading
By Joseph Hurtgen Evocation Images/ shutterstock A jet thundered overhead. Chegg raised his right arm—well, there wasn’t much left of it, just an arthritic stub. Pain smoldered in the background of Chegg’s awareness. He heard the ping that… Continue Reading
By Joseph Hurtgen Design Projects/ shutterstock Panopti.com data files downloaded to your occipital storage node, it’s time to cut the connection and get outta Dodge. You call up an exit protocol, but something overrides your commands. You hear… Continue Reading
By Lucas Enne Liu zishan/ shutterstock Riku came on board the Violentlight at the Kamach station, ironically. We were just diving in for a few days to refresh our morale, stretch our legs, and do whatever the hell… Continue Reading