Futurecrime Stories

Box is a science fiction story set in the near future, blending cyberpunk and mystery elements. At a high-tech border station, Box, a unique AI, assists Lieutenant-Colonel Aydin Cain in investigating a drug smuggling operation. As Box evolves beyond its original programming, it becomes crucial to the investigation, testing the boundaries of AI and human collaboration in a world of crime and suspense

A detective stumbles upon a mysterious watch that allows them to travel through time, but they can only go forward. Each time jump brings them closer to uncovering a massive conspiracy that spans centuries.

In Halloway City, love isn't forever-it's licensed. AI companions are programmed for affection, rented out, and erased when their contracts expire. No attachments. No regrets. No memories. Dex Raines makes a living enforcing that rule. A washed-up PI with a failing business and a drinking habit, he takes under-the-table jobs for The Recall Bureau, tracking down lovebots that refuse to forget. Find them. Wipe them. Move on. Until his latest case. Her name is Sora, a high-end LX-9 companion bot flagged for deletion. Standard job. No complications. Until she looks at him and calls him by a name he hasn't heard in years. That's impossible. She shouldn't know him. She's never met him before. Bots aren't supposed to remember. Bots aren't supposed to lie. And bots sure as hell aren't supposed to know secrets about his past that he buried a long time ago. Now, Dex is a wanted man, tangled in a conspiracy that stretches from the slums of Halloway to the boardrooms of Hyperion Systems, the megacorp that controls the city's AI industry. Someone wants Sora erased for good. And if Dex doesn't start running, he's next. But the deeper he digs, the more he realizes: this isn't just about one bot. Because if lovebots can remember-what else has been wiped? ONC 2025 Entry