I put up a short story 'Late Developments' without any fanfare and you guys seem to love it. By far the highest voted piece I've posted. If shorter, self contained stories is what you want please let me know. It seems so and I know I do tend go long, with a cast of hundreds.
On the broader utopian futurist front I have a few ideas floating around but nothing solid at the moment.
Jack and Rose once spent the weekend camping at Lake Hatti with Matt and Marissa while Mum and Dad were at the cabin with Tom and Jackie, Karl and Ella. Jack was just shy of his fifteenth birthday. And of course there was that time...