Cyborg Parts

It looked like just a lump of metal to Kayla. “This is it?” she asked, poking the lump with an uncertain index finger.

“Indeed it is,” said her surgeon. “Your new cybernetic soul. Comes complete with Compassion9000 OS, the nTrospec processor, bluetooth compatibility, and an after-life time warranty.”

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Cyborg Parts

Honor’s daughter hasn’t eaten in 8 months. She had her stomach replaced with a cold fusion nutrient generator. She has restock it with bacteria every week, but it’s a small price to pay for never having to eat again.

Honor, a chef, doesn’t understand it. Her daughter says [...]

Cyborg Parts

Jaime loves to fly. He loves running along the runway, taking a huge leap, and soaring off into the sky.Jaime flys through the clouds just like he always imagined. And it’s just as good as he imagined.

Because most of it is in his imagination.

Jaime is actually [...]

Cyborg Parts

Junli can see the dust around Sara’s head with perfect clarity. He can zoom in past her face, and see the expression of the person behind her. He can see the pores of her skin, the blood vessels in her eye, the moisture on her lips. He can [...]

Before we get to this week’s theme, I would like to point out that David Nial Wilson wrote his own prompt to last week’s theme of the complications of three wishes. Feel free to write your own, should you feel so inspired.

And what better inspiration than cybernetics? The very melding of man [...]