Keaton

Part 1: The media mapping initiative

With advancements in facial recognition and micro-expression analysis, a project went underway analyzing all the videos and images of the past centuries and tracking individuals throughout their lives.

Time Box

- It’s a bit of a tricky situation, but we understand you can help us.

- It’s gonna be expensive.

- But can you do it?

- Technically, yes; legally speaking, I’m not so sure…

Blood

Vladimir had been the only one bold enough to take the extra step.

Or, as the others felt, the only one mad enough.

They had all wanted to find some elixir of youth, some magical formula that would allow people to live virtually forever, and there had been…

Something was wrong

Something was wrong.

He opened his eyes slowly and immediately sensed that something was wrong.

He couldn’t quite tell what it was.

Had something been moved in the living room? Something missing?

Doom Upon Us

Humanity received a message from a far away system.

The message wasn’t meant for everyone, and it was clearly sent by someone — or something — that had studied us. It was written in plain English and cyphered with the public keys of some of the most prominent scientific minds on…

The Family Business

The Family Business was a box. A huge box. Orbiting a star.

Interdimensional

Smith tilted to the left and disappeared, but not like he was traversing a portal, more like every single one of his atoms was traversing a different mini portal.

Let me restate this: it wasn’t as if an invisible mirror stood at his side and he walked right past it; no…

Immo-pill

The so-called Immo-pill wasn’t a pill at all, but no one seemed to care.