Case File: “The Bardo.” Status: Contained — unexplained Description: The Bardo is an intersecting phenomenon involving a website, several AI programmes and possible parallel dimensions. Case History The case came to the Department of Metaphysics in early 2015 after a series of disappearances eventually linked to a website, thebardo.co.uk. The…

Report to the Senior Committee Interior: a man is standing in a conference room next to a projection screen. He is holding a small remote control device; dressed in a tidy dark suit with white shirt and pale tie. The room is standard, anonymous, clean, plastic, laminate and pine. There…

In discussion “What if…” he paused for a moment to fully gather his notion, “what if we say Kurt Cobain killed himself but made it look like murder?” There was some generous laughter round the table. The man chairing the meeting smiled and nodded: “That’s a twist at least… go…

James had a problem. He had no face. Actually he had a face and he knew he had a face. He could see it in the mirror. Eyes, nose and mouth were there where they were supposed to be, on the front of his head. He could see it. It’s…

Swimming in Someone Else’s Pool Stevie loved to swim. If there was one thing he loved more than swimming it was swimming in someone else’s pool, some Russian guy he’d never heard of, on a beautiful morning, in a gated villa on one of the Canary Islands. Midwinter: the water…

Alternative Facts The atmosphere was tense as the Site Director was shown into the Control Room. There were two researchers were waiting. One of them offered the Site Director a seat. “Please, Sir…” The Site Director declined: “No thank you, I, uh…” He glanced around. The Control Room was large…