The Messenger

The Messenger

He watches the SWAT team surround the body-stacked headquarters of ALTAR Artificial Intelligence and listens to the police officer’s earlier bull-horned surrender commands. He made his surprising decision to survive as he surveyed his handiwork in the company’s...
Terminal Repentance

Terminal Repentance

Those who cannot forgive others break the bridge over which they themselves must pass. — (Confucius) The staff at Tokyo’s Kitasato Hospital trying to save Mr. Nakamura’s life couldn’t understand. He was the only patient in their packed COVID wards trying to thwart...
The Channeling

The Channeling

Lances of winter rain and freezing wind framed the morning she was discovered, the elements incentivizing the police, ambulance services and social services to get the death bureaucracy dealt with quickly. +++++The police cars and ambulances parked outside the...