speculative fiction
Like a Sea Cucumber
My avatar looked sharper all the time. Smoother motion algorithms, deeper skin fractals, heavier AI. Somewhere in the cloud, his huge, artificially intelligent personality was slyly crunching.
HOMUNCULOID
Ready player go: You are Homunculoid, formed of spit and clay. Your objective is to become an Entity of Means and Privilege. Gameplay is, of course, completely random.
Melioration
Queers Destroy Science Fiction! is a brand new anthology of all-LGBT sci-fi. Here's a taste.
The Last Museum
On the edge of obsolescence, the last millennials of Silicon Valley are planning a mighty memorial to the era of social media.
The Future History of the Internet
'The Future Chronicles' is an investigation into the past and future of the internet.
Might Intelligent Machines One Day Convince Us It's Time to Die?
Persuasive weaponry and intelligent systems are already changing our lives. Data & Society examines how, with a little help from speculative fiction.
Science Fiction Ideas
October 2042, Central Park. The ripples on the lake seem to distend and pulse and become silvery orbs momentarily. “DMT,” he thought.
VICE Exclusive: John Keene's 'Huck Finn'–Inspired Short Story, 'Rivers'
Find out what Jim's been up to in this speculative short story inspired by Mark Twain's classic American novel.
Flesh For Trade
As sex robots become increasingly realistic and affordable, what will happen to the world of prostitution?
The Dragon and the Martian
When we have the power to create synthetic organisms, do we revive the demons of the dying Earth, or do we spawn new forms of life to seed a barren Mars?