Jellyspace

Jimmy had arrived to the edge of reality. Eh… Could be better. It was full of jelly. And vines, but mostly jelly. No, really, it was rather hilarious. Jimmy jumped up and down, and the ground, the seemingly stable dirt and rocks, bounced him back up like a bouncy castle. Read more…

The Godfather

“It’s very simple, really,” Father Capponi said. “The robot gets to be the boy’s spiritual father.” “What do you gain out of this arrangement?” the man said, cautiously. “That way it gets to learn about people,” Mario said, arms wide in an honest pose. The man thought about it. “Okay, Read more…

Robo-Dune

  Herb really liked Dune, so he made a planet just like it. In the beginning it was just an amusement park costing something short of a quadrillion dollars, a rough estimate at that. As the colossal project went into development and years went by, people forgot what it was Read more…

Viking Shipbuilding

The Vikings built ships. That was what they were good at. They built ships, and they sharpened their weapons, and they sailed the stars to find planets to pillage. They also liked women. Or men, depending on the individual Viking’s preference. They sailed for years and always came back home Read more…

Chain Inaction

Benny finished his coffee, then threw the coffee cup away. Images flashed before his eyes. Coffee cup> Passer-by throwing his next to it> Thousands of passers-by throwing theirs as well> Little piles of trash> Garbage man fired> Murder ten metres away from that very spot> Bad neighbourhood headlines> House prices Read more…

The Garbage Cube

  “Should I throw this away?” Bobby said, holding an indistinguishable piece of trash in his hands. “Yes, dude! What did I tell you? Everything is garbage. It all goes into the cube.” Terry was the older guy who drew the short straw and had to teach the new guy. Read more…

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