Alternate Universe Stories

In a secret laboratory, a team of brilliant scientists, led by Dr. Elizabeth Vinter and Dr. Sergei Lebedev, achieve the unthinkable: create a simulated universe that evolves from the Big Bang to the present in just fifteen days. However, what begins as a scientific experiment to explore the secrets of the cosmos, transforms into a disturbing discovery when the simulation begins to show signs of self-awareness.

Ttime travel in it's infancy. Megalomaniacs love new technologies. Gives their nefarious plans, a temporary edge! Edges, can cut both ways! .

Born on a long lost outpost of humanity, that only recently was reconnected to the wider galaxy, Leonora is at the end the rope. Her body is slowly succumbing to an incurable disease when she is given a chance at... something. A mysterious Traveler is offering her a future but warns that it comes at a risk. Welcome to Circe, an aboriginal world at outskirts of the known galaxy, where strange mists hide something with the power to upend the fragile balance that preserves the civilization.

A most stereotypical story - farm boy encounters a wild dragon. It just may be not the stereotype you'd think. This is another workshop short story, hope you enjoy it.

Dr. Aline Knorr, a phenomenal neuroscientist, makes a discovery that could transform our understanding of the mind. Together with her assistant Esther, Knorr accidentally stumbles upon the ability to access the superconscious, a higher plane where all minds are connected across time. This revelation not only opens the door to communicating with past versions of oneself, but also to altering one's decisions and thereby changing the course of the present.

In a world where invisible forces play with human minds, Lazlo and Brixen have fun tempting people into giving in to their darkest impulses. Humans are toys, pieces on a board of chaos that they control at will... until the arrival of Rasher, a mysterious guardian of the Dharmapala caste, puts their plans in jeopardy. "Silent Temptation" is a critical, cynical and darkly humorous story about the power of desire and the fragility of mental balance.

In the near future, humanity decodes an alien signal using Inverse Multifractal Spectroscopy. They are blueprints for a mysterious machine. Led by astrobiologist Layla Norwood, the scientists assemble the device, which allows them to connect to a galactic network called the Network of Silence, where advanced civilizations exchange knowledge in ethical, non-material ways.

In a universe where knowledge is the most precious treasure, four brave friends embark on an odyssey in search of the mythical Library of Alexandria, guarded by the Guardian of Orion. Facing the tests imposed by the Guardian, the protagonists must confront the shadows of their past and the essence of their hearts. On this desolate planet, they discover the true key to accessing supreme knowledge.

Spaceships. Orbital stations. Virtual worlds. Incomprehensible aliens. A pan-galactic society where humanity is a minority. Humanoid robots. Artificial intelligences. Journeys beyond the universe. Time travel. Psi powers. Space battles. Distant gods. Video games. Servers where one can live their afterlife. Utopian societies. The Blind Gods have all this and more.

Ever wonder where runaway dogs go? And how do they get there? And what do they do once there? A whimsy.~ 3400ish words. Cover image available on my Haro James FaceBook page.