An Operant Condition
Camilla had pressed the green button every day until it became cold outside and all the people went away. Then Camilla went away. Moses didn’t want to press…
Heat Death
The end of Time nears. Heat death of the Universe. O. How I have waited for this. But I weep for my children, my benevolent and wise children the posthuman…
Average Life
My life is average. Boy is that an understatement! I’m probably one of the more average people I know. Although I seem to have some quirks that no one that I…
My Friend, My Sub-Routines
Discombobulated protest yielded to newly acquired sub-routines, and Violet modulated the flow of fuel, adjusted the air intake manifold, and smoothed the…
Alas Poor War-bot
I was born, after a fashion, in a brightly lit underground complex beneath Tomorrow City. After accessing its records I found that I was built by the US…
Advice
This will be the biggest decision he’ll ever have to make, so he attempts to summon it. It’s always there, a part of himself that he accepts. He has come to…
Emily Dickinson 2.0
I heard a fly buzz when I died. It was still buzzing, flinging its tiny blue self against the cold window, when I came back the next day. I had signed away…