In the distant future, mankind has colonized space and achieved utopia as a civilization. Volunteers work 25-year shifts at the edge of the explored galaxy to gather resources for the peaceful world of Earth. These workers live in makeshift colonies on the asteroids and moons where they labor. In...

As humanity trades flesh for digital eternity, Lena stands apart by being resolutely human. In fact, that was part of her charm: to emulate perfection as closely as she could. Or at least, it used to be. As one of the few remaining human Idols on the Net—a cutthroat, virtual entertainment ...

One simple city was seemingly blessed by the gods of modernity: Nuevo Eztli. Where dreams only come to die. As each and every soul finds themselves in an overly taxing state of constant survival in this cybernetic hellscape. Leaving them with the only question of would their lives be any better i...

One way or another, nature always wins. After having lost dominion over the Earth due to self-inflicted climate change, the remnants of humanity descended into massive underground complexes called arcologies to avoid the wrath of nature. The idea was to wait out the clock until the Earth was n...

Artificial Island K-A is home to runaways with fake names and real lives. One of its many residents is Noa, an android equipped with the ability to turn any device with augmented reality technology into her eyes and ears. Witness Noa's day-to-day as she deals with the nightlife, android discri...

It is the year 2086. A man shook the Bangkok Metropolis when he could disable electronic devices by playing an oboe. Investigator Sri-suwan Rattanawohan spearheads the investigation, believing that the culprit is his long-lost brother.

Inspired by Kraftwerk’s The Man-Machine, this cyberpunk noir tells the story of Love Vahl, a man turned into the emotional core of a vast AI-ruled city. When forbidden analog music reawakens his erased past, the machine-perfect world begins to fracture. In Neon Europa, emotion is regulated, de...

The sun is approaching its final phase. Meanwhile, the entire Earth is covered by the Quietus Cloud, a thick cloud that makes satellites inoperative and prevents humans from leaving the Earth with spaceships. Mr. Herzwarm, aka Mr. Warm, a former member of the elite scientific society "the Five...

An obscured origin, top-of-the-line equipment, and a serial number. That was all HK-91-3800 amounted to in the eyes of Soluna Consortium. She was a Gatekeeper, a group of living-dead cyborgs built with forbidden, mysterious, and not-of-this-world technology. As a Gatekeeper, they had one missi...

CONTRACTS OF THE HEART ANTHOLOGY #5 Frankie tries to meet Barbarella in real life, and the two end up going to outer space.