Retro-futurism Stories

The city of Riddlewood runs on Vitaeon-a glowing, volatile energy source extracted from deep beneath the cobblestones. But ever since Detective Sheridan Cavendish exposed the dark origins of his city's power grid, the static has entered his blood. Sheridan is fading. Suffused with raw energy, his body has begun to phase, losing physical density and drifting out of alignment with reality. To keep Sheridan from dissolving into pure light, his partner, the brilliant engineer Finch, builds the Stability Anchor-a chest-mounted bio-frequency dampener fused directly over Sheridan's heart. But physical instability is the least of their worries. Across Riddlewood, ghost-like "Temporal Echoes" are erupting from streetlamps and factory floors, projecting violent, long-buried memories of the city's past onto the sky. Behind the madness is Professor Tesseract, a radical visionary who has hijacked the central Clockworks Tower. Tesseract isn't just trying to reveal the truth-he is tuning the city's grid to a lethal cardiac frequency designed to stop the heart of every citizen in Riddlewood. To save the city, Sheridan must make the ultimate sacrifice: unlatch his anchor, plunge his mind directly into the roaring energy stream, and rewrite the city's pulse from the inside out. Ether-noir atmosphere meets biopunk body horror in this thrilling sequel about inherited guilt, corporate corruption, and the terrifying cost of truth.

In the year 2266, the wasteland is changing. Two centuries after the bombs fell, new powers rise from the ashes while the old world continues to haunt those who survived it. Settlements fight for resources, factions struggle for control, and rumors spread of something buried beneath the ruins, something powerful enough to change the balance of the entire wasteland. For one survivor, a seemingly ordinary journey will become the beginning of a conflict far greater than they could have imagined. In a world where trust is dangerous, mercy is weakness, and every choice has consequences, survival may be the easiest part. The wasteland has endured. Now, it is preparing for war.

Nigel, a middle-aged detective from the bay city of Schagwater, finds himself engulfed in a string of vicious killings targeting an amphibious race of people called Navians. He and his partner Hory must uncover the mystery of these killings before the people of the city find themselves at war with their own fear and suspicion.

Packaged Happiness - is a poignant retro-futuristic tale exploring loneliness, connection, and the fragile moments of hope that emerge in a mechanical world. Set in a near-future village, a mysterious visitor disrupts daily monotony by delivering enigmatic parcels, evoking joy, longing, and a deeper realization of what it means to share happiness.

The city of New Trackton is in turmoil. A colony built on the ruins of a once-proud matriarchy, it hangs in a delicate balance between old and new. But when a tribal insurgency threatens to undermine it, the city's unity will be put to the test, and the long-forgotten poor must team up with the rich and powerful to defend it.