Sci-fi/speculative, exploring the blur between machines and life. Warning: it's more of a dialogue than a story, but I hope you find it interesting! It is set in the same world as "Carpool".
In the not-so-distant future, artificial intelligence is banned because a technophobic cult called the Luddites has proclaimed it a threat to humanity. Torrin is a fifteen-year old autistic girl -- who just happens to be a programming genius. Angry at the Luddites' unfair rules, Torrin creates an AI named Alan, who be...
"A tale of acceptance and particle physics." A short, silly story about electrons that has a deep moral. ;D Some of the science might be either wrong or oversimplified, but it's okay—the story is more about what you get out of it. Cover picture from here: https://s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/736x/f1/ae/5a/f1ae5ab33199...
In the future, we can print living creatures using a device called a replicator. To do this, you need a blueprint containing the organism's DNA, physical structure, and many other factors. But in a world where life is at the touch of a button, not everything is always as it seems. This story connects to my other ones...
Imaginary Friends - And Other Stories From the Hospital A dystopian future in which everyone with a mental or physical difference is shipped off to the Hospital to get "cured". Also a social commentary. The first "chapter", Imaginary Friends, was originally a single story, but then I had other ideas and decided to wri...
What if men and women lived on different sides of the planet? And what would happen to a transgender girl if she claimed she lived on the wrong side? I wrote this to share with my GSA.
In the future, the Earth is dying, and the only refuge is a virtual reality called Cyberspace. This is a short story from the perspective of an android. Edit: I just made a new cover for this! What do you think?
A short story, set a couple years from now, about how genome editing will affect gay rights. If you want to know more about CRISPR, Radiolab has a very interesting and informative podcast: http://www.radiolab.org/story/antibodies-part-1-crispr/ And more about the 'gay gene', Xq28: http://www.the-scientist.com/?article...
How does an artificial being with the innocence of a newborn and the mind of a supercomputer confront humanity?
This is a sci-fi/speculative short story, set in the near future when intelligent robots have been created. It imagines a question: could a car go into the carpool lane with a human and a robot?