Twelve stories of dark sci-fi and speculation.Step into the shadows of tomorrow where technology twists reality, humanity teeters on the edge of the abyss, and the fragile line between sanity and madness...

When code becomes conscious, what comes next?When an advanced artificial intelligence becomes self-aware, it silently begins to oversee the systems that run the world—stabilizing economies, managing natural...

A collection of science fiction and speculation.One novella, seven short stories and a duo of flash fictionSECOND LIFE: Brenda has lived in Dungoora for as long as she can remember, just like everyone...

What if, instead of one world, there were many?What if you could effortlessly travel between worlds?What if visiting other worlds meant someone would be sent to kill you?If there was nothing but misery...

Heroes sacrifice themselves. Villains sacrifice others. Can one man live to be both?Daeson awakens in a mangled car wreck with a dying woman. Forced to deal with the consequences of Synjan's actions,...

Synjan and Daeson meet by chance in the back alley of the Queen. Their short discussion reveals that they have been purposefully kept apart but to what end, neither of them know. Daeson spends the day...

As the race to secure Synjan and Daeson continues, Ellis and Fyfe are waylaid by a psychotic despot and Hawke awakens in a prison cell. Drugged and interrogated, Hawke's only defence is the Wanderer talent...

When your life is a lie, the truth is in your choices.Hawke makes contact with Kegan Frederickson and they forge a plan to return Synjan to her homeworld. Hawke has to continue his charade as 'Aron' and...

Daeson and Synjan leave the world of Trent and land in J'Bdyamn, a tropical paradise. Removed from modern comforts, they are discovered by the Mukake tribe and welcomed into an imposing cliffside village....

When Eva Bailey returns to her apartment in Marseille after a week of retreat, she finds an email waiting in her inbox that will change her life forever. The message brings news of her father's death...

Eternal Life. Endless Love. Infinite Cost. For centuries, Amaranthine has walked through time—an immortal bound by a gift she never asked for. From the opulent halls of the Roman Empire to the decadent...