Backbone: Why God?

Churches used to be a place for sanctuary, but no more. Some of the buildings still stood, but were used for commerce. The Pope declared that God had a plan, and regardless of whether or not we tithed or worshiped, his plan would be put forth into action.
If people still practiced their rituals it was [...]

Mix: Heilen Punching In

“Another day, another dollar,” she mumbled.
The courtyard was a convincing Eden. That was the idea. The workday needed a momentary break from it’s sterility. It seemed the world was mostly in the sky or boxed in cold steel. Momentum could afford such grandiose break rooms.
Heilen looked around at the Private Service Agents. She wondered how [...]

Mix: Welcome Back Michael, You’ve got Messages

The archives were owned and protected by a private company called Nobles. Nobles had the biggest stake in preserving history, and in keeping the written word something in demand.
All hard copy literature and news had been deemed useless in this fast paced society, so on demand news and entertainment were vitally important to keeping people [...]

Establishing Shots: You (The Indemnifier)

“Does she know she’s going to die?” He thought to himself. “So elegant . . . delicate . . . and yet fierce . . . so . . . so . . . dead in her boots.”
“You!!!!” She shouted.
A bit startled, he turned, took the coffee, and almost made eye contact. “No,” he thought, [...]

Establishing Shots: Momentum

Momentum was the largest privately owned company in the world. They specialized in security, but also controlled the transit systems and a large portion of the health industry.
Momentum was seen as a life saver by some and as a problem by others, considering they owned a great deal, and to own in this day and [...]

Second Sight: Michael’s Mission

War had changed at the turn of the century. It was no longer a thing of nationality, after all, what was nationality these days? There was some level of peace obtained by nations when the European Union and the Americas signed the Treaty. Now everything was capitalistic and that meant corporate war was the only [...]

Mix – Trent: Leads Wear

Sat there with a pen in his hand waiting for an idea something happened that never happened much now – that had never happened much in the past: a story walked in and sat down opposite him. He was worse for wear but he recognised it for what it was: a lead.
A young girl dressed [...]

Mix: Bruford – Watching The Watchers

He had decided to go for a walk – stretch out physically to allow himself the mental space to unfold his ideas in. He passed an alley and saw two youngsters talking. Man, did thinking of them as youngsters mean that he was old? He stood there and watched them – there seemed to be [...]

Mix: Anna – No Man’s Land

She looked at him and wondered if it was even worth the bother of explaining what she thought might be going on in there. He mentioned medication, something to with schizophrenia – weren’t they genereally paranoid and into the whole conspiracy theory thing? She might have an attentive audience for once. Fuck it, why the [...]

Spin On: Aalam – Tone

Her phone started ringing. She recognised the tone she had set for him. Spay: he was bad news but he was bad news she had to take notice of. She connected the call.
‘Where are you, Aalam? You haven;t reported in and I was getting worried about you.’
‘I’m in Eschaton – I had business here.’
‘Personal or [...]