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 . . .
When Cassie meets Stan and Hawk, two soldiers in the shadowy Western Forest Authority, she can’t wait to sign up and do her part to save the world. But these soldiers aren’t human, and she just might find herself on the endangered species list . . . . . .
The year is 2108 and the world has changed. No longer is it one big web. The meaning of community has shrunk and changed. In this warm, friendly post-apocalyptic story, Gail and Parker learn what it is to be an adult in a society both familiar and unusual. . . .
As the years roll by, the world changes from that which we know. Even in spite of impressive new strides in technology and what long seemed a forgiving end to further climate change, the various nations and unions of the Earth . . . not to mention the land itself . . . still bear the almost incalculable burden of ever increasing human population. Bach Kanavagh, a quietly . . .
Civilization has collapsed! Long live civilization!
In April Raines’ "warm, friendly" post-apocalyptic future, people get around by rickshaw on eroded roads, cinnamon is an exotic treat, and orphans are common. But one idea that was in its pioneering days in today’s western culture – co-operative housing and semi-communal living – [more . . .]
I’m not sure what percentage of the final story the 7 chapters I read will be, but so far there’s huge, growing pile of questions and very little in the way of answers. The protagonist is 15 year-old Cassie, and her entire life is apparently one big cipher. The story is set in the modern day, among the redwoods of [more . . .]