In the near future. Many things are like today, one thing isn't: The number of terror attacks has increased so rapidly that any gathering in public is prohibited. Any form of culture and most of human interaction is mediated by an electronic device. The psychologist Claire decides to break the isolation and plans a secret concert with her brother Aurel, a famous trumpet player who has performed concerts in front of virtual audiences only for years. Supported by the hackers Ada and Maximus, their plan seems to succeed. Things go well. Until something else starts to go deeply wrong.
When the physicist Walter moves into a new apartment in the 1970s, he tries to clear up the enigmatic disappearance of his previous tenant and realizes that the old man is haunting him in an eerie way - from the future.
Living by the sea, protecting the sea, and journeying across the sea…They’re the BLUE MERMAIDS! Because of a shift in tectonic plates around 100 years ago, Japan lost much of its area to submergence. To preserve Japan’s territories, Coastal Cities sprung up, one after the other. Eventually, they became Marine Cities, and along with the expansion of sea-lanes to connect them, the need arose for a sizable staff to protect the seas. At the same time, maritime jobs were becoming more popular among women. Hence, the BLUE MERMAIDS had become every female student’s dream job.
A continuation of the epic adventure of plucky Riko and Reg who are joined by their new friend Nanachi. Together they descend into the Abyss' treacherous fifth layer, the Sea of Corpses, and encounter the mysterious Bondrewd, a legendary White Whistle whose shadow looms over Nanachi's troubled past. Bondrewd is ingratiatingly hospitable, but the brave adventurers know things are not always as they seem in the enigmatic Abyss.
In a future in which human-like androids have become commonplace companions and servants, one, with a handsome male appearance, finds its owner's feelings difficult to understand and her desires impossible to fulfill.
Atlas and his dog Charlie are both locked into proximity-triggered collar devices that restrict their movements. Under constant surveillance, Atlas is forced to maintain a rigorous and isolated farming schedule. One day, Charlie breaks free from his leash and we come to understand the tragic consequences of breaching the perimeter. Atlas is left with nothing to live for, but is presented with an opportunity to escape.
When the police won't help Gloria with her unique spider problem, she calls on a 24 hour exterminator to handle the situation, but neither of them are prepared for the pest they are trying to get out of her house.
Thinking about how future events might feel, 'did you know?' is a piece of speculative fiction, that has been made into a performance and a film. The fiction is set in a not too distant future, in which a collective body is deciding whether to continue to exist physically, or relinquish the pain and pleasure of bodily memories, in favour of other forms of consciousness. 'did you know?' wonders what bodily memories we would keep, when we no longer need or have the bodies that generated them.
A few days after moving in with his girlfriend, Jorge receives a visit from his future self who traveled through time to warn him that she is going to leave him for another guy, then proposes him a plan to avoid it.
Haunted by her childhood trauma, Ferrall hid memories of that terrifying Wolfwood night and her father's death even from herself. Now she has discovered a pattern of evil stalking Wolfwood, and to face her guilt she will now take her revenge.