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.
A nuclear war between the Soviet Union and the West has reduced much of the world to a barren wasteland. The war continues however among the scattered remains of humanity. The Western forces have recently developed "claws", which are autonomous self-replicating robots to fight on their side.
It is said that the past determines the present and the present shapes the future. What choices does the future have when today's vision of Utopia is tomorrow's Dystopia? What is the future supposed to do when living in the now is sheer misery? Maybe the future reaches back into the past and tries to correct the most egregious sources of problems.
The Rosen Bridge Chronicles is a anthology series I started last year and plan to continue adding more stories periodically. Each will be its own story, taking place in a new universe and covering different aspects of time travel theory. A brilliant but disillusioned scientist named Dr. ELena Wright, who works as a physicist for JDL Institute, has discovered a way to travel through time through a tiny rift in the fabric of reality. She, however, can only travel back 24 hours. Then one day....
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 future devastated by ecological collapse, Lian and Kara are two rebels trapped in a society controlled by an omnipotent Artificial Intelligence. They discover that Kronos is preparing the mass destruction of humanity. In a devastating climax, Lian makes a crucial decision that leads him to risk the existence of the habitants of Earth. But uncertainty surrounds his decision: is this a new beginning for humanity, or something else entirely?
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.