Original Science Fiction – Makeshift Stories
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Servitor
ubanzi, a young indentured labourer working in a telepresence center finds himself caught between his company’s deception and the bullying of a client who suspects the truth – the robotic servitors the company sells are not autonomous.
Ken Likeley – Mistaken Identity (Pt. 2)
After being mistaken for the wrong person, Ken finds himself at a rather unusual VIP event, but on discovering he is the featured speaker and the little grey figures are not in costumes, he begins to panic.
The Investor
It seemed like a great way to pursue a career otherwise out of reach except for two unfortunate facts. One, an economic collapse; two, her shares were sold to an investor looking for ways to maximize returns by any means possible.
Ken Likeley – Mistaken Identity (Part 1)
An automated registration machine decides the way Ken has entered his last name is wrong, corrects the spelling and assigns him another person's profile. With the incorrect id on his phone, Ken is accidentally mistaken for someone else.
The Chimera
After suffering a heart attack, Marcos learns he will need a transplant. However, the replacement organ is in Marcos’ best friend Napoleon, a hybrid Chimera who is much more than what it was designed to be.
Ken Likeley – End of the World
While taking the mail to the recycle bin Ken discovers three cats, who are historical deities, have invited themselves into his living room. The cats are intent on dividing the world into three pieces, destroying it in the process.
Free Energy
An insurance investigator is sucked into the murky world of conspiracy theories which claim the laws of thermodynamics have been faked to prevent the world from discovering perpetual motion machines which can generate free energy.
Redux – Doctor Plastic
Woken by his barking dog in the middle of the night Frank can’t get back to sleep. Noticing a drawing which has hung in his dining room for decades, he reminisces about the last conversation...
An I for an I
A self-taught hacker discovers a recent client’s job was the reason her daughter’s friend was arrested. Disgusted by her client’s actions, she decides to turn the tables on them and seek retribution.
Ken Likeley – The Tipping Point
Frustrated by a bad experience with an automated self-checkout in the grocery store, Ken ignores messages he receives from the future inadvertently causes the end of the world as we know it.