Mehzeb Chowdhury

Five haunting visions of the future collide in this gripping sci-fi anthology where technology spirals out of control, society begins to collapse, and humanity is pushed to its limits.

In a future where prejudice has forced mixed-species families to flee their homes, a daughter tries to reunite with her father by breaking down the barrier that separates them.

A female android in therapy battles her demons. Robot X.Y.A. is made in our image, yet it is not acceptable for her to act like us. Built to serve, she must accept whatever comes her way, working like a machine in an office, completing dull computational tasks. Yet… she is programmed to think like us, but has to suppress her emotions. She must go to therapy in their 'downtime', a short lunch break session while the androids reboot. This is where we enter.

The frontier is closing, but the imagination of the west remains. Decades since the genocide of a local tribe, there is one final 'wild-man'. Benjamin wishes to rid the land of the indigenous peoples, tasking Henry with extermination.