

Life As We Know It, and other stories
Published: 17th December, 2025
Cerban Press
EXTRA-TERRESTRIAL EXCREMENT.
MACHINE PSYCHIATRISTS.
REALITY-ALTERING SUBSTANCES.
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In this gripping anthology of science fiction tales:
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Who is eating the crew of the Nessus? On a lonely starship, the crew is being devoured one by one. But the sensors show no intruders. So who is the predator, when the human crew are the only ones on board?
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Cryo-sleep gaslighting? Lara Macchden wakes from hibernation to a nightmare. The doctors say she slept for eighty years. A voice in her head says twenty. One of them is wrong—and it might cost Lara her mind.
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How much is your life worth? Dace Williams is offered a marketing strategy that will secure his family’s future forever. The only catch? He won't be there to see it.
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Care to disagree? In a fractured post-apocalyptic society, humanity has united under a single, terrifying rule: Public disagreement means banishment and death.
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If you like Black Mirror, Philip K. Dick, or high-concept sci-fi with a twist, you will love this collection.
