In the future, robotics and advanced A.I. become a ubiquitous part of society, aiding mankind in all facets of everyday life. However, they still retained the cold impersonal look of a machine until a new development rocketed over the uncanny valley. Grown rather than built, this new kind of being was made possible by hacking the human genome and combining b...
The clouds were suspended over the church as we found our car in the light spring rain. The cooler temperature matched Tara's mood. Her exit from the parking lot matched her anger. "Please slow down," I calmly begged, knowing full well that Tara wouldn't. I'd given up hope after she ran the second red light in as many intersections. "Killing us both won't...
I am the owner and manager of a luxury lingerie and ladies shoes boutique in the heart of London. The shop is located down an old quiet alley. A short walk from the television and radio studios, which is great for attracting celebrities to come in, as they come and go from the studio's. It was one of the hottest summers on record, and the boutique was very...
Suddenly awake you know without reaching that I am not beside you in the tent. The whoops from the beach below let you know I am enjoying an early morning surf. Your thoughts drift to licking the fresh saltiness on me not unlike those oysters we snatched from the rocks yesterday. With no need to dress at this deserted part of the coast you wander away from...
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Chapter Six Zhou - 3756 C.E. Peripheral Operations Co-ordinator Zhou and the space craft in which it travelled were in actual fact a single individual. The whole entity might be relatively small and mostly consisted of engine, but the central processing unit made no distinction between its independently autonomous components and that part of the machine de...
When I got home last Monday the house was empty. My husband left last night to do a week long trip to England. He is working out a new project plan for one of his customers located in London. I am looking forward to the new project. It should give me a chance to spend a few weeks over there and I know his customer Eric has been planning to have me do some wo...
There were days when life really sucked and this was fast turning into one of them. It wasn't bad enough that she'd missed a turn somewhere and managed to get completely lost; oh no. While she was trying to figure out where the heck she was, she had the good luck to have a dog run onto the road and, in her efforts to avoid it, she managed to put the car in...
I woke up early the next morning with a sudden jolt (which felt strangely like a small heart attack). It was still rather dark outside, and because of the large windows, the room was well darkened. I turned my head so that I was facing the ceiling, but instead I was looking into the most beautiful eyes I have ever seen. I guess she had layed my head in h...
I like to go fishing, and now that I am at that stage of my life where going to work doesn't interfere with it, I spend quite a bit of time doing just that. One Saturday morning I looked out and it was clear as a bell, from the looks of things it was going to be one of those warm and windless days. Perfect for heading out onto the rocks near the ocean. Th...