Animal spirits, the Unseen, are tired of being ignored by humanity and so they orchestrate a devastating war amongst the humans, forcing humanity to once again turn to the spirits in need. Once or twice a generation, a human is born with a strange condition known as the lacking: they only possess half a soul. Some among the Unseen are . . .
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Two assassin teenagers discover that their first hit is a miss, and they attempt to kill her again, which sets off a chain of events that sends them on several adventures. . . .
Animal spirits, the Unseen, are tired of being ignored by humanity and so they orchestrate a devastating war amongst the humans, forcing humanity to once again turn to the spirits in need. Once or twice a generation, a human is born with a strange condition known as the lacking: they only possess half a soul. Some among the Unseen are . . .
Lynch is a prisoner, kept in a the nightmarish lab they call “The Academy”. She and he fellow inmates are subject to terrible experiments. Lynch thinks only of escape. Then, one day, an opportunity presents itself . . . . . .
Marty hated his life, especially since breaking up with the girl he loved with his whole heart, Selena. That was before the Zombie Apocalypse hit. Now life sucks even more because not only does he have a broken heart, but the undead have nearly overrun the city. Selena died, lost to the zombies. His only means of communication with . . .
Welcome to the first Surveillance Peace State In utopia nothing is unknown. The Cloud sees, records and shares everything. Apps can tell you anything about anyone from anywhere. No secret can be kept, no wrong can be done . . . except by a Ghost. Invisible to the Cloud and overlooked by humanity, these shadow people lead hidden lives off the grid. Unrestricted . . .
Shannon isn’t the best advocate for the salvation of mankind. Misanthropic, rebellious and a teenage heiress to a natural resourse corp, she joins the Earth Libertaion Front (E.L.F.) in the pacific northwest to become an eco-terrorist and save the world from mankind’s wanton nature, but when captured by the FBI she discovers the true protectors of the Earth (real elves) . . .
New World Underground is a complex, broad-scoped serialized story that encompasses the vast world of the future and a large ensemble cast of characters that live in it. The story is both character and plot driven. The premise is simple: In a dystopian future filled with oppression, poverty and violence, a group of individuals take up arms to fight against . . .
In the wasteland of commercial culture that is future America, police are operated not by government but by private companies. In Seattle, that role is filled by Civil Protection, and Daniel Gray is a detective in Homicide Solutions. What used to be considered an important – even glamorous – department for public police is very different for the corporate . . .
Fleeing his war-ravaged homeland, young Noah arrives in Imperial LaGatta, the city of his boyhood dreams. Vowing never again to fight, Noah earns his wage as a sex worker, but does not know what he wants. For years his life is sordid and downbeat, his aimless longings repressed by his experiences and the rigidly tiered LaGattan class system. Noah . . .
In 2110, a child’s artificially intelligent toy (in the form of a cat) becomes self-aware and decides it should take over the remnants of the shattered and dystopian world. Needless to say, it is a bit nonplussed to discover it doesn’t even have claws. With a backdrop of a world on edge, climate gone wild, oceans devoid of life, . . .
Out of loneliness, or boredom, maybe, you assign a URL to your heart and share it on the forums and social networks you frequent. The hits trickle in at first, the unusually curious trampling through, poking and prodding, unsure of what they’re seeing. But then the links spread. Everybody wants to see your heart, to have a role in pulling . . .
Part II of The American Book of the Dead – a novel about evolution and the apocalypse, which won Best Fiction at the DIY Book Festival and the Gold IPPY Award for Visionary Fiction. In Part II, the writer of the first novel is commissioned to write another book that may help avert catastrophe, and pave the way for . . .
Jul 24, 2009: The story follows the psychics Addison and Shane, who both work for the mega-corp Triptych, a mysterious company that seems to specialize in almost everything. Both of the main characters are strong and manipulative; it’s refreshing to read a story with such complex characters and so much hidden politics at play.
Addison is passionate, stubborn and controlling, oftentimes bitchy, teleporting pet psychic of Triptych’s boss, and a fiercely protective mother.
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Mar 14, 2010: I liked the writing so far in this collection of scifi vignettes & short stories. "The Milgram Experiment" in particular was a heart-wrenching little bit of flash fiction that I loved – lots of emotional punch in very few words. Excellent. The general setting for the stories seems to be a future where AIs are powerful enough to mimic human interaction (they can maintain your twitter account for you!) and robots can "hand" paint replicas of masterpieces.
My one complaint is [more . . .]