Disclaimer This is a work of fiction. All characters, events, and locations depicted in this story are entirely fictional and any resemblance to actual persons, living or dead, or real events is purely coincidental. The themes, actions, and ideologies presented in this story are explored solely for narrative purposes and do not reflect the personal beliefs o...
Political Disclaimer: This work is a fictional dystopia created for artistic, narrative, and psychological exploration. It does not reflect the political, ethical, or moral values of the author or any associated platforms. Year 2135. The collapse of the old world did not come suddenly. It was a slow, grinding implosion – a century of unchecked liberalism, ch...
"East is East, and West is West, and never the twain shall meet," or so wrote the illustrious Rudyard Kipling in his 'Ballad of East and West.' With all due respect to Kipling, however, the two have indeed met, and have been dancing a complicated exchange of goods, ideas and even people for many centuries now. And this cultural exchange applies to almost all...
In the 21st century, unexpected surprises awaited the inhabitants of the planet Earth. These surprises were much larger and more unpleasant than anything that humanity had previously experienced throughout its history. A series of regional economic crises that occurred during the 2030s grew into a large-scale global economic crisis that affected the vast maj...
Editing magic performed by KJ24 and Shyqash, plus contributions by the regular gang of brigands and neer-do-wells Loving your enemy is easy ... you know precisely where both of you stand In case anyone cares: I do not hate China or the Chinese People. As a Global Power, the PRC is fair game to be a great antagonist in a fiction story. Not only do they have...
Cowritten by BrownCuriosity * * * * * "Whew! I can't believe this shit." Marilyn Walker, recent high school graduate, stared into the reflection in the bathroom mirror and breathed deeply, thinking to herself about her latest situation. Here, she was standing in the bathroom of the office of some city bureaucrat whose name and title escaped her at the mom...
Now, some of then are eating their on newborn babies! In full Ancient Greek Mythology fashion. As if we didn’t had a serious enough problem with collective image. You will excuse me, I hope, if I neglected to give you the necessary information for you to form your own opinion about this subject. Mayhappen that, after knowing more, you will side with the baby...
XXIXBritain Means BusinessEden2050 It was another bloody bastard journey back home to England, Eden reflected, as his chauffeur-driven car finally pulled into the drive of his Surrey estate. He increasingly despaired of the state of his home country every time he was troubled to pay it a visit. He'd had to wait two days in Milan while flights to Heathrow we...
The world is changing. And many people are afraid of what these changes mean. Global warming. Political upheaval. Plagues. Wars. Yeah, all the flavors of humanity. It doesn't matter where you live, these changes will affect you. My name is Steve Voltaire and I'm a young black man of Haitian descent living in the city of Brockton, Massachusetts. Lots of chang...
Birds chirped and flew about overhead. The valley itself was rather serene and calm. Down below a village rested. One of many in the area. Donna Southen sat up from where she'd been leaning back on the largest of the three tanks. The Captain hadn't wanted to take them any further to the village. No sense in trampling over the fields and crops. And so here sh...