The river stole and stole. First, my front yard. Then my steps and back yard. Most recently, my living room, kitchen and study. But still it wanted more. Swollen. Insatiable. Simba meowed loudly in my lap, anything but brave. I stroked his ginger fur. ‘How about we laugh in the face of danger?’ A gale […]
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He slid into the booth across from the thing that stole his job. The hologram smiled. No doubt its wrinkles were meant to make it seem more human. ‘Welcome. I’m PAIGE, your Personalised AI Gourmet Experience.’ Giang didn’t introduce himself. The AI would’ve already scanned his face and accessed his data. ‘It’s a pleasure having you
As he opened the lid, a billowing cloud of steam burst from the rice cooker. He lowered in a spoon and pushed around the sticky, soggy grains. “Honey, did you make congee?” “No.” Her voice came from the bedroom. “How much water did you add?” “How thin is the ice you’re standing on?” Afterword The
Jeremy stroked a small leaf on the reddish-purple thing growing from my elbow. ‘That’s impossible.’ ‘That’s what my doctor and psychiatrist said, and my dentist.’ His brows pulled together. ‘Don’t ask. Oh, a surgeon too.’ ‘Thus me, a botanist. The surgeon didn’t want to cut it out?’ ‘No, something about the brachial artery.’ ‘It’s creeping
“Nice ink.” The man in line behind me nodded to my tattoo, a lock of his dark hair falling over his brow. “Hieroglyphics?” “Cuneiform.” He leant closer and waited out the grinding of coffee. “What does it mean?” “Ignorance isn’t bliss, it’s just ignorance.” It didn’t say that. Maybe my next one should. Afterword The
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