Max product tests his tech company's newest invention. ~ Office for Android History: Archives Item A: Recovered progress report on the product testing of Lucid Robotics’ ‘Lyra’ doll, dated 7th April 2042. Lucid Robotics Ltd. Project Name Model ‘Lyra’ Product Testing Report Compiled By Max Goddard, Junior Engineer Project Supervised By Peter Webbe, Head of Android Testing A very positive first week with ‘Lyra’. Configuration is much easier than previous models. New chestplate

Jasmine embarks on a quest to make her plant grow in time for the school's Spring Show. ~ It couldn’t have been a worse day for Jasmine. The sun was up, sparkling through her  window. Mum was making pancakes in the kitchen; she could tell because of the buttery-sweet smell wafting up the stairs. And, worst of all, the big Spring Show at school was tomorrow. Jasmine felt dizzy just thinking about it. Her class had been preparing for weeks:  making tissue-paper flowers, learnin

A young woman sees the future through physical touch. ~ “What do you see?” My friends think I can do it on command, but really I’ve seen it all already. To make them happy, I hold their hands, roll my eyes back a little for dramatic emphasis, and recall my memories of the future. I’m doing it right now. “Well?” A bed. It’s narrow, too narrow even for a single. A white room with washed-out blue curtains and the steady beeping of a monitor. I remember seeing it all flash behind

A marine biologist is invited to a remote research base following the return of a recent space expedition. ~ Thirty years of my life, my...