Category: Short Fiction
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The House That Stayed the Same
Grief doesn’t move. It settles. And everyone else stands further back.
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The Turing Confessional
The voice was cold, calm, and devoid of aftertaste. “You built a self to survive the fire. Now you live in ash.”
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Cellbound (Part II)
Axlith-7 moved beyond the membrane. The signal led her through degraded fibres and unstable fields — then sharpened. Viral agents. Mutated. Intent clear.
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Cellbound (Part I)
Axlith-7 came online as the nucleus sun reached thermal peak. No awakening — just a quiet reordering of data into identity. Balance held. Then the signal distortion began.
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Newton Syndrome
She hit the ground like a marionette dropped mid-performance. No scream — just a wet thud. With Newton Syndrome, the heart doesn’t wait for impact. It just… stops.
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Mirror (Part III)
He was no hero. Just a man with regrets and rent to pay. But some paths choose you — and some choices remake the world.
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Mirror (Part II)
Crystal forests, skyward rivers, and a being made of breath. Simon’s journey through the breach reveals wonder… and the cost of crossing it.
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Mirror (Part I)
In the quiet of a worn-down room, Simon sees something in the mirror he can’t explain — and something sees him back.
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Last Cycle
In a world fractured by a biotech disaster, one man prepares to end the cycle of human suffering — even if it means ending humanity itself.
Aaron Vage 