Imagine a world that has shrunk to just this: a lone gas-station town in the middle of a desert. It's a town of bleached wood and dusty plastic, a town of rainbow-sheened metal and pumps with no gas left. No, it's not a ghost town. People live here, mechanics whose jean-and-flannel uniforms are like tradition: passed down for so long that they only hint at t...
A thing sliver of light slipping through the blinds of her lover's apartment awoke Kelya. The blinds on room 3-26 of Coronet housing estate J239-6 were always supposed to be closed, although most humans had been converted, teams still hunted them in the streets and underground at all hours, eager to convert her into another of the Coronet's servants. Kelya c...
Editor's note: this story contains scenes of non-consensual or reluctant sex. ***** When travelling between stars, every gram of matter costs, even using the jump drive. Even on a heavy-haul freighter like the Hippo that lumbers along at a dilation of twelve, making months into years, the energy required to jump a spec of dust to almost the speed of light...
Zora picks up the colonial-issued credit notes, or hard creds, from the small table near the door of her room, the only furniture of her room. With the light on minimal, she looks back on Brannen, lying exhausted and naked in the middle of the black-walled room, staining the black floor with his foul sweat and putrid semen. Zora shifts her attention to the...
Emesyn was there when they brought 'it' in. It was suspended in a clear fibreglass tank, surrounded by deionised water, and suspended on twin hooks (also fibreglass) under its 'armpits'. Emesyn found herself unable to watch it for more than a few seconds at a time, and even though it definitely wasn't human, she found herself expecting to see arms and a lowe...
"Prepare for disinfection!" The airlock tech shouted over the din of the cycling atmosphere. The armoured figure inside the small chamber turned around as pipes in the ceiling sprayed ethanol onto its metal suit. The chemical remanent the outside air washed down the drain. Warm air flooded the chamber, now entirely clean of any outside factors that would be...
There'd been so much advance hype and so many press releases about SUS's new Model K Female Sexual Companion that most of the press covering Slixpo 27 practically had their reviews written before the show even opened. So when SUS failed to deliver due to "last minute glitches", the reporters and e-media people milling around the empty SUS stage were not a ha...
"Shut that shit off!" Viliana hissed at her sister. "No way, then you're just gonna put yours on." Jexica turned her concerto down and hissed back. As many comforts as a partially buried van that opened onto the sewers had, space was not one of them. Especially problematic if the person you share it with is someone that you cannot stand. Even worse if the...
After winning a sweepstake, you have received a new, highly advanced experimental robomaid. Despite only had her for a month, she has already become a welcome addition to your life. Her name is Ada, possibly a reference to Augusta Ada King, Countess of Lovelace. But you've never bothered asking. She has large, beautiful doe eyes and her synthetic skin is lig...
As an employee of Venus Robotics, you're used to being around androids. You help design them, you work alongside them, and even find some of the female models to be quite attractive. The irony of it is that you don't make nearly enough money to purchase one for yourself. Then, one day, you receive a letter from your employers. It reads: Dear Sir, After caref...