If God wanted a robot body, he'd get Leslie to built it. A fastidious engineer, Leslie has nearly ensouled his latest machine with the most humanlike and ideal traits ever achieved. But while he passes...

In a world erased by sand, which words can survive and which will stay dead with the rest of humanity? One mute traveler knows the answer: the robed man, a supreme survivalist paid to lead children across...

Treat yourself to seven new medical horrors as societies and sanity break down:"Alone Enough"A paranoid boyfriend scans his lover's cells to detect trust in a dating dystopia."The Coming Pain"As the world...

In the ultimate nanny state, the derelict find all new ways of dying. Rick, a malcontent youth, flees the enfeebled male population of his hometown to discover his inner wolf. Arriving in a one-street...

Dystopian science fiction writer Nicholas Stillman gives you five more doses that will leave you thrashing in your sleep:"Space Squalor"The one humane astronaut must stop his entire crew from partying...

Staid city man Blake meets the perfect country girl, Erin, who can finally liven his routine life. A spontaneous country romance ensues. But Blake soon gets entangled in a drug pandemic sedating the countryside....

Affordable healthcare has ended, but the partying goes on. All of society’s addicts move to an island which mysteriously provides more drugs than chocolate eggs on an Easter egg hunt. On this smokers’...

Welcome to a dystopia where every office has become overmedicalized. Staff enjoy mandatory drug-induced naps, pampering by office nurses, and “emergency” servicemen who ensure the coffee gets served at...

A trend of deadly thrills and extreme sports has spiraled out of control. Lee, a daredevil ice climber, must survive a stalker who kills for giggles. But can Lee and his sumo wrestler friend, Jeremy,...

We all hide something. With enough corruption from their builders, computers will start hiding things too. Gillis, a private investigator, has immured himself in a never-ending stakeout job for a billionaire...

Explore the bright minds who struggle in the nightmarish societies of the near future:"Mr. Frugal"After botching a casino heist, the biggest cheapskate in the world must escape the mafia by becoming even...

Dive into seven stories of danger, desperation, and survival in the most hellish reaches of Earth and space:"Just Resolved"In a city repeatedly demolished by weaponized lightning storms, a worn-out wrestler...

In a future where debt and drug-induced hedonism have skyrocketed, the only way out lies with retro-tech or death. Trevor, an enterprising but burnt-out business owner, has signed the last contract of...

A prodigal Earth undergoes an economic meltdown just as man makes his first orbit of Mars. The crew of Heartbeat, a medically equipped spacecraft, grow decadent after a corrupt Mission Control postpones...

Documentary filmmakers Ned and Alan race from their vane, attention-whoring society...into one that might kill them. Fleeing the bombardment of social pressure, the two can only cool off in a humble desert...

Will humankind cripple its quest for the stars in exchange for comfort? In this high-orbit dystopia, patients have moved to space stations for a micro-g mattress upgrade. They drift in oblivion amid the...

How low will humanity sink when it hangs on one diver who's had enough? Under a hailstorm of nuclear warheads, frogman Darren dives to escape his decadent submariner crewmates, to feed them rotting whales,...

The future dystopias have 3D printers that can build almost anything. But when an industrial-sized printer gets taken over by a vengeful hermit like Neil, you can forget about "almost." He lives among...

Has your boss ever paid you extra to put lights and cameras in a woman's underwear? Nathan's has. In his noirish new job, Nathan, a lowly disgruntled security guard, plants cam panties full-time. He will...

He arrives in a rocket. He got banished for coolness. And he disrobes a woman robot with his bolt cutters. Alex with an x must now survive and find companionship on a barren continent worse than purgatory....

Imagine a world without willpower, an entire Earth of licentious tribes who surrender to lust and impulse. A strict advanced society on the Moon sends two astronauts, Archibald and Patrick, to collect...

Nihilism and apostasy have swept the Earth after the discovery of a cave built by aliens. A scientific quest begins, striving to identify the ancient visitors as new gods or simple fugitives. But only...

At the cusp of extinction, the last people alive learn to burrow deep. Their ties go deep too, as electric blizzards swirl around their shelters and the world. Wesley, a worn-down wrestler and loser at...

Imagine a future technology which can cure AIDS, predict strokes, and transplant faces—and only the mafia has it. Vaughn, a compassionate and squeamish debtor, gets to use some of their more portable...

Humanity’s greatest minds have ensconced themselves in a tower of intellect. Inside, an everlasting colloquium promises to emerge with the best blueprint for a global utopia. But the big brains of these...

Lenny and Sandra fell out of love, but their 3 by 3 meter home holds them together. Having survived the ten-year terraforming of Earth, they drink bitter green slime, play Jenga, and wait for their protective...

Gerald, a pedant and survivalist, has always followed written instructions—even in a lifeless nuclear wasteland. His dream girl, Amanda, shares Gerald's fallout shelter but not his annoying obsession...

Dystopian science fiction writer Nicholas Stillman gives you five medical nightmares that will haunt you for life:"The Apples on the Ground"An adventurous city man rushes to save a flirtatious country...

Zane just entered a dying city of party animals who all need his liver to survive, and he only brought eight bullets. The astute young man wanted to prove himself by exploring a land of r-strategists—a...

Dystopian science fiction writer Nicholas Stillman gives you even more of the darkest psychology of the future:"The Separation"On the eve of a nuclear war, a stubborn homeowner has one last chance to...