Fiction - The Ice Machine

The truth is cold and hard; But it's still the truth.

The truth is cold and hard; But it's still the truth.

The Calibration

In the year 2046, a group of behavioral scientists, AI ethicists, and neuroscientists developed what they called the Empathy Index.

In the waning days of summer, former President Donald Trump stood before a cheering crowd at a rally in Sarasota,

They walked the corridor of steel girders and riveted panels, where the fluorescent tubes rarely flickered without warning. Ahead, an

America, 2025. The Constitution remains intact—on paper. May 25, 2025 – West Point, New York It wasn’t just the heat.

Prologue: July 25, 1972 – The Turning Point In the summer of 1972, the Democratic campaign was in freefall. George

The rooftop of the Academy Museum of Motion Pictures in Los Angeles buzzed with the kind of decadent weirdness that

Florina, 1949 The stone house sat high above the village, its narrow windows like gun slits, cold and watchful. Beneath

Fox News Studios, New York – Spring 2028 Bill Maher sat in the makeup chair under the cold glow of

The room smelled of old wood, spilled beer, and sweat — a backstage afterparty the way they used to be

Chapter 1: The Rise of Anti-Canada Sentiment By early 2025, Donald Trump, having secured a second term as U.S. president,