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UNNATURAL CRUELTY __DAILY PROMPT 16 JUNE

They called it progress at first. The city didn’t grow like cities used to. It didn’t sprawl outward with noise and messy human intention. It expanded upward, inward,

THE DAY THE NETWORK DIED:24 HOURS WITHOUT THE GRID

Hello 👋 SciFi Multiverse fam, What if tomorrow morning you woke up and every smartphone, satellite, and server went dark? No internet. No GPS. No calls. Just you

Time Heals All - Horror Short Story

Image by Myriam Zilles from Pixabay Modified by Me Using PhotoShop Jenny crept down the corridor. Each creaky floorboard was mapped out in her head and she stepped

The Transmigration of Timothy Archer - The final VALIS book, reviewed

The Transmigration of Timothy Archer represents the fifth Philip K Dick book I’ve read in a row. I have to say, that this one was the most work. It was the last

Book Review: The Divine Invasion by Philip K Dick

Philip K Dick has an obsession with diseased, ill, dying women. They've featured in each of the recent books I've read. Last time, it was cancer, this time, it is

Mosaic: Castle

Home was an apartment. It was up three flights of unforgiving, weathered stairs – if the lift was broken. His had a single bedroom. Cold in the winter. Hot in the

Mosaic - Homeward

Billboards ran through sequences of marketing that was vapid and uninspiring, for products nobody needed. They illuminated the halls of the train station with their

Mosaic: Coffee Shop

He sat in the café. He looked at his laptop bag, and back to the cooling cup of coffee. Steam quietly drifted upward in the cold winter day. His job interview had

Safe and Sound with Philip K Dick's Electric Dreams

Nothing screams safety more than being stopped by armed guards when you attempt to enter a location. This is exactly how Safe and Sound opens. A girl and her mother

REVIEW: The Supernova Era by Cixin Liu - Not as strong as three body, but great nonetheless

A few weeks back, when I was visiting my mother, I went to go examine the bookshelf that I had put together for her. Nothing fantastic, just a little Ikea shelf.

FICTION: Assembly

Somewhere in the universe, there is a central star. Close to it, there is an unfathomable cascade of material rich asteroids, dust, and clouds. Somewhere else in

An Absolute masterpiece - "The Commuter" from Philip K Dick's Electric Dreams

Philip K Dick's Electric Dreams maintains surprisingly good production values throughout - even if "The Commuter" starts with a great snapshot of contemporary,

REVIEW: Ubik by Philip K Dick - Safe when read as directed.

Ubik is a charming novel. Philip K Dick is so good at building worlds, and the metamorphosis that the world in Ubik undergoes as you turn through it pages, enthralled,

Fiction: The Strangers

Carol and Bob Carol and Bob were new neighbours. They enjoyed walks in the wilderness, together. At least there was still the wilderness. Nature flourished under

Complete Review: To Hold Up The Sky - Cixin Liu Anthology

Previously, I published some thoughts on the opening tale of Cixin Liu's anthology, Hold Up The Sky. Now that I've finished the whole thing, it is time to share

The Redemption of Time - when fan fiction becomes official... and is ... good?

Having finished the series "Remembrance of the Earth's Past" by Liu Cixin (author of the Three Body Problem - on which the recent TV series was based)

Arthur C Clarke's (& Gentry Lee's) Garden of Rama is a sad place

That didn't take me very long to get through. I've been re-reading through the Rama series, and this is the furthest I've gotten. My review of Rama II, and of the

Dark Weird Stuff Excerpt From Tin Can Man

Many years ago, there was a local character who spent most of his days collecting rubbish and carrying it about on his ancient bike. Not being a local, I had no

Dark Weird Stuff Launch Fun and Games

The Dark Weird Stuff launch has been frustrating and challenging.The hard copy version of the book was ready to go way back in early December. Some formatting issues

Drawing From My Infinite Dark Well

When I was hungry for success, I used to rise at 5.00 am and write for 2 hours straight before getting ready for my paid job. There was no shortage of material.