Science Fiction Stories

A story in the The Integration Era Universe
Petra Osei has spent eleven years doing excellent work. Eleven years of insights credited to colleagues, three short-lists that became someone else's promotions. When the Integration levels her up mid-presentation and she finally opens her stat screen, she finds twenty-one banked points. Seven levels of accumulation, never spent. The system had been watching the whole time. She just hadn't looked.

A Swarm Cycle Story
A Swarm Cycle Story: A young boy turns 14 before hitting puberty. In spite of this lack of maturity, the rules state he must present himself for CAP testing. / (Reviews)

Six months after choosing stewardship, Ann dreams of her mother, who reveals she’s already met her granddaughter, Trinity. When Ann awakens, an internal voice whispers, “Mom… it’s time.” As Trinity grows, she is not taught—she is aware. At her birth, the system does not measure, it recognizes. Trinity becomes the first proof that responsibility, when carried right, can become legacy without corruption.

A Swarm Cycle Story
Pick-Ups happen at the oddest times and, sometimes, oddest places.

A Cyborganic Bioroid Chronicles story
A young fast food worker is seduced by his dream girl, a robot coworker.

A Personalia story
Part of the Personalia universe
A murder mystery set in an alien city inhabited by a human colony.

A Personalia story
Part of the Personalia universe
An infestation can be of many kinds. Tiny animals inside a spacecraft can be awkward, especially for an intelligent spaceship.

A Personalia story
Part of the Personalia universe
An accountant thinks he is on to a good thing, helping himself to clients' money. He did not plan for the Personalia.