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 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?
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.
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.