For Shindo Dacan, helplessness isn’t a feeling, it’s a way of life. Living in a post-apocalyptic hell, day after day he witnesses the plight of people suffering under the oppression of a barbaric warlord. When his friend is killed by the brutal tyrant he’s sworn to serve, Shindo is suddenly fueled by a vengeful desire … Read more
What do you have if you don’t even have yourself? Rory Walsh, born into his parents’ brood, has had his entire life documented through the lens of his mother, Nora. Like any mother, Nora wants the best for her son, curating a social profile for him that will guarantee his acceptance into their traditionalist brood, … Read more
Professor Mary Kelso heads up a research team that has developed a cure for all cancers, after years of research and hard work. Her triumph is short lived as, when she takes this cure to her boss at MPharma, he is less than enthusiastic, a cure for all types of cancer will adversely and drastically … Read more
One of the last things Elinor Simentov wants is to be a prophet of God, but God has other plans. A Jewish woman of no particular renown, Elinor is told by God to give a warning to all who will listen. Will she serve as a prophet, sacrificing her goals for herself, self-image, and reputation … Read more
A bitter transcendent being. A naïve gamer with no extra lives. A discarded human shell. The last people left on Earth. In 2500 A.D. an immortal has ended its own life. Beryl, a misanthropic transcendent being, is accused of assisting in the suicide. Banished to a human body by his peers, Beryl is sentenced to … Read more
In the Christian States of America, where religion rules, one woman discovers the only rules are about survival. Although she’s legally an adult, eighteen-year-old Meryn Flint must live at home until her stepfather, Ray, finds her a husband. That’s the law. But when Ray kills her mother and Meryn must flee for her own safety, … Read more
This is a collection of stories, of words and ideas that flow like a dream, but is there anything less predictable or quite so fickle as a dream? Ken Silver creates narratives that are decidedly daring, and he is never afraid to reach, but never beyond the point at which (with lawyerly precision) he is … Read more