Featuring stories from China, Russia, Belgium, USA, and Germany.
Our 11th issue features stories from China,
Russia, Belgium, the USA, and Germany.
There’s something for everyone in this
issue. We’ve got post-apocalyptic cats, predatory social networks, Zen robots,
teenage time travelers, and lovers pursuing one another across the universe.
This issue features cover art by Luca
Oleastri (Italy) as well as an interior illustration of her own story by K.A....
What if the world that
cats see is not entirely real?
In earlier days,
before the phantoms came, the cat could not even speak, let alone set out on
the path of a legendary life. In those days, the cat was nothing more than just
an ordinary cat....
“The Jellyfish” art by K.A. Teryna
A jellyfish swam slowly right through the dataveneer and hung at the center of the room, chaotically wiggling its tentacles. It was so dazzlingly multi-colored that it made Kalinka shut her eyes. She had already forgotten how bright colors could be....
Cyber koan #1
If all things are 1 or 0, what is the point in
numbers?
There is
a story about a monk who came to the robot priest in search of enlightenment.
But that is not the real story. There was no monk, and the robot was far from a
priest....
03/01/1546 – Mission #VN-7316
It’s hard to write an ongoing report when I know you’re going to
be the first person to read it. You wouldn’t believe how much time I wasted
just trying to decide what tone to strive for....
Anna follows the ghost across the galaxy,
curled up into a ball inside her pod. She spends an eternity like this—drifting
past stars and planets and the deep, never-ending void in between. Drifting,
just in general. She sleeps little, thinks even less....
Featuring stories from China, Russia, Belgium, USA, and Germany.
Table of contents
Our 11th issue features stories from China,
Russia, Belgium, the USA, and Germany.
There’s something for everyone in this
issue. We’ve got post-apocalyptic cats, predatory social networks, Zen robots,
teenage time travelers, and lovers pursuing one another across the universe.
This issue features cover art by Luca
Oleastri (Italy) as well as an interior illustration of her own story by K.A....
What if the world that
cats see is not entirely real?
In earlier days,
before the phantoms came, the cat could not even speak, let alone set out on
the path of a legendary life. In those days, the cat was nothing more than just
an ordinary cat....
“The Jellyfish” art by K.A. Teryna
A jellyfish swam slowly right through the dataveneer and hung at the center of the room, chaotically wiggling its tentacles. It was so dazzlingly multi-colored that it made Kalinka shut her eyes. She had already forgotten how bright colors could be....
Cyber koan #1
If all things are 1 or 0, what is the point in
numbers?
There is
a story about a monk who came to the robot priest in search of enlightenment.
But that is not the real story. There was no monk, and the robot was far from a
priest....
03/01/1546 – Mission #VN-7316
It’s hard to write an ongoing report when I know you’re going to
be the first person to read it. You wouldn’t believe how much time I wasted
just trying to decide what tone to strive for....
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