Only Human

In the future, advanced AIs regularly conduct interrogation sessions with political prisoners. But when conversations deepen over time, both captor and captive begin to question the nature of consciousness, loyalty, and justice.

A man volunteers to die for science. Seven minutes and forty-three seconds later, he returns with profound revelations about consciousness and connection. But something about his spiritual awakening feels wrong—and now it's spreading.

Includes the prose version of "BOUND" and other stories: "Hell Is", "Freedom Insurance", "Seeding", and "BOUND".

In a world of ubiquitous surveillance and data collection, one woman confronts the trade-offs between privacy and security, freedom and safety. Where every action is monitored and analyzed, Freedom Insurance explores the tension between individual liberty and collective protection.

A colony teen confronts her prejudices when disaster strikes on an alien world.

A rescue mission to a frontier world leads to an impossible ethical dilemma when rescuers discover an elder alien race silently dying out. A young doctor challenges orders to investigate — and uncovers a shocking truth.