Short Stories

5 short stories, free to download as PDFs.

Here Then Gone

In the future, the Exodus Project was implemented to curb overpopulation. On a person's 75th birthday, an implanted microchip shuts down their nervous system and ends their life.

12,000 words · Scarlet Leaf Review

Dimensional

Earth is discovered to be a simulation. After great effort, a small team of experts manages to reach a higher dimension - only to find that this too, is a simulation. This gives rise to Dimension Climbers: Those who dare to ascend higher and higher towards the true world - "The Edge."

4,500 words · Ripples In Space +2

The Place Beyond

When two friends talk about what they think happens after death, the conversation takes a surprising turn.

750 words · The Rubbertop Review +1

Transitory

After the world comes to a halt due to The Stop, when everyone stops working, a man is faced with the choice to rejoin a hidden society, or maintain his freedom in the broken-down world.

3,300 words · Hive Avenue Literary Journal

Laborotics

In the year 2100, Death row inmates get a second chance at life - their consciousness is uploaded to a robot to carry out manual labor as part of the Laborotics program. Is this a life worth living or is death the preferable alternative?

2,600 words · Eunoia Review +2