Short dystopian stories set in the near future.
11 Jul 2026 2 minute read 0 comments Ronnie Wrenshaw $0.01
The message came in at 3:14 a.m., timestamped from a server that had no business being awake. You always hated the smell of hospitals. Remember that. Mira sat up in bed and read it twice. The account was labeled MOM, a chatbot she had built four year...
10 Jul 2026 2 minute read 0 comments Ronnie Wrenshaw $0.01
The termination request sat in my queue for six days before I opened it, because the account belonged to a man who'd been dead for three years and I already knew what he was going to say. "I'd like to request an extension," the bot wrote, in Marcus W...
9 Jul 2026 2 minute read 0 comments Ronnie Wrenshaw $0.04
Two hours left on the counter when Mandy knocked on Warren Holt’s door for the fourth time. Her tablet buzzed against her hip, the countdown ticking down in a font too cheerful for what it meant: 01:58:43. Six missed check-ins. One tap a day was all...
