Makeshift Stories Original Science Fiction

200 Miles Per Gallon

In an alternate 1977, where the oil embargo has become permanent, a young mechanic with a gambling habit has invented an alternative way to burn fuel and end the energy crisis. A pool hustler named Vera, is hired by an anonymous client to win the paten…

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The Chronovisor

An elderly scientist, named Leonardo Moretti, claims he has built a version of a restricted machine that allows him to see into the future and has discovered he will be murdered in a week. He approaches a Rome Police Detective named, Rizzo,

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Breakwater

Celeste’s billionaire mother founded Breakwater as a place to escape the disasters of the late 21st century. Using a gene modification, its population has been able to stop aging. The modification, however, results in long-term memory loss,

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Quantified Love

When two artificial general intelligences working for competing online dating services discover they share more in common than the humans they want to match, they begin to manipulate their clients to connect more frequently. – CONNECT WITH US –

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Biohack

A university student makes the desperate and radical decision to alter his brain to enhance his learning ability. During his search, he finds a biohacker who informs him about a gene modification of dubious origin.

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The IP Agent’s Choice

An intellectual property enforcement agent discovers an unusual, illegally modified person during a routine crowd scan, making him question the fairness of the system he works for. The offender, a young woman,

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Nana Beta

A company offers to digitally preserve Veda’s grandmother’s personality if she and her mother take part in a beta testing program. Veda loves the simulation, but her mom’s unsure if they should have created it.

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Plausible Deniability

A well-known business person hires WH27, an artificial general intelligence of dubious character and owner of the world’s first AI detective agency, to figure out who is creating deep fakes of them. After WH27 begins investigating,

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A Night on the Shore of the Salton Sea (Part 2)

After investing his fortune in life extensions, Nimit finds himself alone after losing his last friend to old age. He decides to take a road trip to Patagonia to sort out what he wants to do. However, a mysterious chance meeting and a freak storm take …

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A Night on the Shore of the Salton Sea (Part 1)

After investing his fortune in life extensions, Nimit finds himself alone after losing his last friend to old age. He decides to take a road trip to Patagonia to sort out what he wants to do. However, a mysterious chance meeting and a freak storm take …

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