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When my son was 9-years-old, I found him standing in front of our fireplace staring up at our beloved dog’s urn and pondering over the profound questions of life and death, or so I thought. As my middle child, he was analytical and advanced in his mental age with a dark, sharp blade of a mind.
By Musing Around5 years ago in Futurism
Project Crypto
The man sat at the small metal coffee table, watching out the window, the world below. New York City. A city that had once stood gloriously had long fallen under economic pressure. Smoke rose from the streets scattered with the corpse remains of ancient cars. His watch buzzed, and a hologram popped up, the neon green numbers glitching out for a moment before stabilizing.
By Nina Karatkevich5 years ago in Futurism
Every Child Had One
The auctioneer walked up to the microphone and began to speak……. "Every child had one when I was a kid, every child, and adult had a little black book. It was a notebook, given to every person on their fifth birthday. The cover had your name, your date of birth and your government assigned email address on the front. Inside the front cover was the following statement:
By Jason Potter5 years ago in Futurism
A Very Good Day
Your heart punches you in the back of the sternum and you jerk awake suddenly, gagging on a scream. The first thing you notice is the air. It’s thick and damp, and choked with a smell so dense you can actually taste it - like eating a spoonful of rancid peanut butter and not having anything wet to wash it down with. You smack your tongue desperately against your palate, searching for a pocket of saliva to soften the grimy film coating your mouth. It almost works, but not really.
By JM Solomon5 years ago in Futurism
In the State Once Known as Texas
In the State Once Known as Texas From far away, Erin heard the familiar hoot of a night owl. The sound reminded her of growing up in the flatlands of the state once known as Texas, but that was impossible. Owls, like so many animals around the world, were extinct. Confused, Erin blinked, unsure of where she was, and only knew her head ached. Rolling onto her side, she realized her hands were bound behind her back, and if she had to guess, it was with her own handcuffs. Hay and sawdust covered the wooden floor, and she put it all together as the memories of what happened flooded her mind.
By KM Fortune5 years ago in Futurism
The Great Fall of the American Empire
After the great fall of the American empire, many people living within what used to be populous cities dispersed into more rural, mountainous and coastal regions. By 2043, New York and Las Vegas became barren as humans realized concrete and steel did not meet their primal needs.
By Kaycee Prevedel5 years ago in Futurism
Kinder Cosmic
Sometime in the near future; SETI has captured a strange, indecipherable signal originating from within deep space... Somewhere just beyond the reaches of the kuiper belt. For months scientists and astronomers have mulled over the signal superimposing it on spectrographs, using advanced computer systems and data processing equipment to discern what it might mean exactly.
By Farren Blackwell5 years ago in Futurism
