Tag: scifi

  • Civil War #7 – Chapters 2 to 4

    Chapter Two – Morning Lessons  The next morning began like every other—buzzing lights flickered on with a soft chime, signaling the start of communal check-in. Ash stood in the back row of the common room, half-awake, arms crossed.  The residents, pleebs and upwardly mobile alike, stood at attention beneath the ever-watching eye of the home’s…

  • `Civil War #7 – Chapter One: Ash and Ember`

    Civil War #7 – Chapter One: Ash and Ember  The artificial sun glared down on the commune, casting clean shadows over fields too orderly to be natural. The scent of synthetic wheat mingled with the low hum of the harvest drones drifting overhead. Ash wiped the sweat from his brow with a dirt-streaked hand and…