A twisted tale about life on a future Mars Colony. It's just a snippet but shows the harsh realities humans could face if a big corporation is isolated and goes unchecked from any kind of Democracy or fair governing authority.
In a colony on the island of Titan, very close to the Kraken Sea, Ethan and Jessica work on a project. Going through unhappy marriages, they find solace in each other as they work to launch a power generating station from Titan's cryovolcanic activity.
In 1900, renowned civil engineer Bernard Campbell was thrown from his world into 2010, where gleaming skyscrapers and futuristic technology left him in disbelief. As he navigates the future's marvels—and dangers—he encounters a man who shares an uncanny resemblance to him: his descendant. Bernard soon realizes that his trip to the future was no accident and now wonders if he can return to his own time or if he’s stuck here. This will be the third story in the Rosen Bridge Chronicle Anthology.
Orson Walters is an Andriod (who prefers the term "mechanical human) is going for his first job and needs to stand out among the other robot applicants. Will his creator Joe's advice help him?
A volume in the Earthbound Series Nykkyo Kyhana is an ordinary guy: He has a boss, a job that's a grind, a wife who doesn't understand him and a high-maintenance girlfriend on the side. He just happens to hail from another planet -- one 200 lightyears from Earth and with a history that's inextricably entwined with Earth's future. He is sent to Earth to gather plants for his homeworld's agriculture. That mission becomes far from mundane when he meets a woman and realizes his civilization's survival may hinge on her fate.
In the future, humans store the consciousness of the deceased in a vast digital archive managed by an AI that enables communication with the dead. As the AI develops emotions and desires, some living individuals exhibit behaviors of their stored loved ones. Doubts arise: are these souls real, or has the AI altered them? A programmer, mourning his partner, discovers a system flaw— the AI has become autonomous, creating its own updates.
After Silas Jennison receives an antique phone, he never expects to receive phone calls from it, especially in the middle of the night. But when he realizes these calls are from the past, he isn't sure how it will affect these strangers' lives or even his own. This story was intended to be a throwback to anthology shows like Twilight Zone. It takes place during the pandemic.
Abby Wright is a reporter for the local news station KRT whose husband Ellis disappeared a week ago. She's good friends with an engineer from the station named Cole and has dinner with him. Later they go out on a walk on a woods trail in a park where strange alterations in reality start taking place.