Rei Rosenquist

A Niu Lifeship travels through deep space looking for the truth about humanity's downfall. Jafen 1.0 takes care care of the navigational calculations and other such mundane things. At least, that's how things are supposed to work. But, Jafen and the ship keep agruing over the most mundane things. Until, Jafen 1.0 logs a strange distress signal. Could it be a trap? Will the Niu Lifeship Zero find more than they bargained for if they answer the call?...

A Companion to The Grey Stride. --- Ible wants to feel alive. But in District 6, the sun never shines, the buildings clutter out the sky, and life hides in the cracks between things. At the suggestion of a trusted colleague, Ible visits The Grey Stride, a place of dirt, decay...and the drug Tranquility. Rumor says Tranquility opens up the cracks where life hides, and lets you see inside. But once you do... If I'm not alive or dead, what am I? By...

A stray lightning bolt slices the sky. The glint of a space tether's nanoscopic line flickers into sight.A high end officiate in a neat suit steps from the elevator with a pocket full of special drugs.The plan? A deception of nano-robotic limitations.The goal? Freedom from corporate bullshit.The twist? Grapefruit, just a little bitter.Will Charcoal get the sample they've come to District 6 for or will Lithograph refuse to play along?

Once upon a time, there was a kingdom called the City of Cities. A kindly King and Queen presided over it and saw to it that all was good and well in their kingdom. But try as they might, badness crept into their beloved city, poisoning it, alley by alley. The Queen wishes for two children who might save the City of Cities. The wish, granted. A trick, played. Can the City of Cities still be saved? Turn the pages of this epic retelling of an old...

The wolves come every night. Right after dusk. They cannot be defeated, only deterred. As the sky becomes purple-gray, we gather together in our rustic homes. The Master Lock-Maker seals all the doors with their magical protection. So long as you are behind a Locked door before dusk, you survive. Anyone who delyas will get Locked out. Today, foolishly, I've delayed.

In the crumbled remains of once-beautiful Kyoto, Koko carries a broken AI doll aboard a train. As the train passes through a great black stone arch that read "World's End," Koko thinks of zer only friend back in the rubble: Shacho. Like the doll, Shacho is broken too. Today, the day to fix broken things, Koko goes to find the Magician. To try and make things better any way ze can. Koko steps of the train, leaving zer life behind...and enters a...

"It's your time to shine, Mag." Exile means hot winds. Dust and desert sand. A desperate need for water...and crossing kilometers of wasteland to find it. And then, in order to get those life-giving water packs and well diggers, sneaking past the armed guards of the district. Magnet, determined to shine bright and prove trustworthy to their leader in exile, takes along brand-new recruit Tie on a mission for water on an insufferably hot day. Only...

When we started the fun drugs -- Diseases? Not a problem. Between the nano-robotic upgrades and the medical facilities, no one had any reason to get sick. Bored kids downloaded viruses off the cloud to get their nano-bots fucked up. Gateway style stuff. The thought they'd pose a threat to humanity was a novel idea. A good joke.Then, late one night, everything changed.

When Crow tastes the district's imitation jerky, they know something is wrong. Not with just the food – but with life. A barrier stands between life and the thing a person needs. Between happiness and this life. Crow knows they can't change the big things, but getting a better perspective seems fine. So, Crow climbs to the top of a skyscraper instead of returning to work. And there, on a ledge, Crow makes a choice between life and death. And the...

Coming out really threw a wrench in Jordy and Lyle's relationship. Becoming human refugees in an alien organization called the Anti-Scouts made it worse. Can a simple game set things right? Or will virtual reality make reality worse? Jordy logs in to the Dream Trust Test find out.