Books tagged: nearfuture

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The End of Innocence    by Mike Busch
Price: Free! 49820 words. Published on November 15, 2010. .

This is the story of Juan Sanchez Takeda who helps bring corporate-funded education to inner-city gangs. But will the crooked government which depends upon the fear, uncertainty and doubt generated by it's "War on Gangs" to keep it in power allow the masses to be educated?
You Will Notice That Hallways Are Painted (short story)    by Angela Meyer
Price: Free! 3920 words. Published on May 23, 2011. .

They're not really crazy but they aren't 'functional' members of society either: they drink, feel, touch and love too much. Is it possible to hold onto yourself, and still get out of the institution? Originally published in Torpedo Greatest Hits (Hunter Publishers, 2010) edited by Chris Flynn. Cover artwork and design by Kenneth Erickson.
Birds (short story)    by Angela Meyer
Price: $0.99 USD. 1250 words. Published on May 25, 2011. .

'It’s just a job. It’s just a day. Everyone does it. People are worse off somewhere. There is nothing wrong. The walls are not closing in. You are fine.' A near-future story about anxiety. Originally published in Wet Ink: Issue 14 (2009). Cover: artwork by Lily Mae Martin, type by Kenneth Erickson
Time Sniffers    by C. S. Lakin
Price: $2.99 USD. 109080 words. Published on October 16, 2011. .

Bria Harrison, 16,insists her mother, a brilliant scientist, is alive, despite a devastating explosion at the laboratory. While re-creating her mother’s last experiment in her basement, Bria, her autistic brother Dylan, and four friends cause a rip in time-space, and out of the resultant black hole tumbles K-Six, a time sniffer who takes them through time streams to rescue the scientists.
Hallucinating    by Stephen Palmer
Price: $2.99 USD. 112790 words. Published by infinity plus  on December 14, 2011. .

Europe, 2049. Nulight, a Tibetan refugee and notorious underground record company owner, emerges from an obscure Berlin night club realising that an alien invasion is imminent. Or is he hallucinating? A unique vision of future invasion and future music from the author of Memory Seed and Glass.
Sanctuary    by Sam Seudo
Price: Free! 1750 words. Published on May 25, 2012. .

Set in a near future, “Sanctuary” depicts a conversation between a Catholic deacon and a man who is plunged into an existential crisis when circumstances call his humanity into question.