Short dystopian stories set in the near future.
11 Jul 2026 2 minute read 0 comments Ronnie Wrenshaw
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
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
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...
