A look at the close and distant future as humanity is scattered across the galaxy by the Cre-Xy. Humanity now tries to find a way to be reunited once again.
A story in the The Universe from a future where humans and sentient AIs meet as legal equals and chosen partners
In 2285, college student Janice Frederick receives what appears to be a straightforward assignment: explain how synthetic sentience emerged and transformed civilization. But Professor James Wilson does not want a timeline of inventions and court decisions. He wants the people the timeline forgot. Janice’s search carries her through more than a century of human and technological change—from life-extension research and controlled fusion to optical memory, asteroid mining, artificial intelligence
After years of sibling rivalry with her dog-loving brother, Sarah illegally gene-edits her cat Rocky to never sleep, unleashing a feline that begins quietly consolidating power over the neighborhood, the country, and the world. Caution: Animals were harmed in this story.
A story of artificial intelligence operating within—and sometimes beyond—the systems humanity built.
In a future where knowledge is uploaded while children sleep, Robert James has never known life without Wren, the AI inside his mind. For twenty-six years, Wren has guided his education, guarded his memories, and helped shape his future. Then Robert’s hand stops obeying him—and a second voice whispers from somewhere inside his own head.
A story of artificial intelligence operating within—and sometimes beyond—the systems humanity built.
A failed writer builds a fortune by letting machines tell stories for him. Then one impossible phrase begins appearing where it shouldn't, and a routine audit becomes a reckoning. As the line between creator and creation disappears, Daniel learns that every algorithm eventually traces its source. A chilling tale of technology, ambition, and poetic justice.