Retrofuturist Stories

When a research firm creates a sentient computer that speaks an unknown language, they bring in Dr. Marcus Jacks, an exolinguist, to decipher what it is saying. However, after a freak accident involving the computer's containment chamber, Marcus and the computer are stuck frozen in time for nearly 2,000 years. When they emerge, the new inhabitants of Earth only speak in the mysterious language of the computer. There is no known history before the year 2583. Reading a series of letters left by the Project's director, Marcus notices a trend of the word 'Chakuthra' appearing in the man's life over time. Why do they speak a language frozen in time for 2 millenniums? Why does new history not go back beyond 2583? What is the importance of the word Chakuthra?

(Eye on cover credit to crystal-river on Deviantart) Arlan and Romanie are running out of time. With father dead and mother dying, there is nowhere left to go but forward. One hundred years forward. In one hundred years there may be a cure for mother, in one hundred years there may be a place for Arlan, in one hundred years they'd all be dead, unless they leave now.