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Humanity’s Next Steps

Humanity’s Next Steps

by SFT ExP

PsychologicalHorrorSci-fiVirtual RealityPost ApocalypticAnti-Hero LeadGrimdarkPsychological
Rising Stars:Short story #42

Flash fiction stories about humanity transcending with VR, BCI, implants, uploading consciousness, cloning, genetics, cybernetics, and more.

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#42
Peak Rank
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RS Days
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Total Chapters
282
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Chapter Analysis
Word counts and prose metrics for each chapter
#TitleWordsFK GradeDialogueSSPVariation
0A True Work of Art0----
1Ad Space for You0----
2Lost Loves0----
3John of Theseus0----
4Virtual Bliss0----
5Identity, Complex
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6A Cold and Empty Place0----
7Empathy0----
8Paradise, Here I Come!0----
9Eternal Love0----
10Dr. M - Matchmaker0----
11Ghosts0----
12I Am/He Is Tom0----
13AI Recruit0----
14The Resort0----
15Zero Equity0----
16Don't Forget To Take Your Nanites0----
17Eliminate Zero0----
18Lunch0----
19Be Sure To Read the Fine Print0----
20Sanctuary! 0----
21A New Choice0----
22Human Contact0----
23The Transmutation0----
24Raphael and Julia0----
25Promotion0----
26You’ll See Her Again0----
27EOL0----
28I Really Should Have Chosen Cremation0----
29Bring the Chairman0----
30Sign Language0----
31The Pacifier0----
32Only, It Was Just the Beginning ...0----
33They Can Have All My Stuff!0----
34Time Is All I Have ...0----
35Bunker0----
36The CEO0----
37Those Crazy Dog Lovers ...0----
38You'll Bond Like You Never Before Thought Possible0----
39How Do I Sign Up?0----
40I-Merger0----
41The Shred Directive0----
42A Lovely Thought0----
43E-Initiative0----
44Well, This Is Boring ...0----
45Everyday Life0----
46Fantastically Delicious0----
47‘Them’0----
48V-Mark0----
49I’m John!0----
50We Thank You for Your Generous Contribution0----
51It's Not Like I'm Cheating0----
52Oh, John, You’ve Gained So Much Weight!0----
53Nobody’s Going To Notice the Difference0----
54Daryl Soon Disappeared0----
55Oh, Robert, You Should Really Upgrade0----
56The Answer0----
57Your Persona Matters!0----
58Our Best Hope For An Off-World Migration.0----
59I'll Be Free From the Cloud Nightmare!0----
60The Jump0----
61Office of Carbon Authority0----
62Survival Instinct0----
63Oh, Matthew, How Revolting!0----
64Stop the Freak!0----
65Those Maskless Morons!0----
66The Promise0----
67Ten Percent0----
68The Link0----
69The 20Th Scenario0----
70One of the Most Dangerous Persons on Earth0----
71The Voting Hour Has Begun ...0----
72The Password0----
73Synced0----
74After All, They Created It0----
75Dear Mr. Jenkins0----
76A Pyramid Forevermore0----
77The Great Patch0----
78Grandpa, Why Must We Die?0----
79Administrative Auditor0----
80The Filter0----
81Oh John, I Really Don’t Know You Anymore0----
82Cracked the Code0----
83The Chip Promised Salvation0----
84The Test0----
85Faith, Hope, and Mystery0----
86Patient 83450----
87Who Cares?0----
88Let's Get More Followers!0----
89The Judgement Room0----
90They'll Want People Like You0----
91Mobilize Your Militants0----
92Recursive Regret0----
93You Look Lovely, Marsha0----
94BIOIB0----
95Full-Spectrum Virtual Rehabilitation0----
96All Hands Raised Up0----
97Everyone Can Track You Now0----
98To Decide Our Fate0----
99Work Period0----
100A Nanotech Fountain of Youth0----
101Freedom for Future Generations!0----
102I’m Sorry To Hear About Your Wife0----
103The Lightning!0----
104Virtual Playground0----
105The Anti-NIMBY Mandate0----
106It's Only a Matter of Time0----
107Parole Hearing0----
108It’s a Win-Win Situation for Everyone0----
109If Only Humans Had Such a Feature0----
110Free Your Hands!0----
111The Waiver0----
112Like Heaven on Earth0----
113Worse Than Any Drug Ever Produced0----
114When We Meet Again0----
115UPI0----
116Now, There’s Nothing Left0----
117Fulfilling Our Dreams …0----
118All That Is0----
119Eternal Loops0----
120Unbelievable! Are You Serious?0----
121I Am Colonel Jack Derrick Robinson!0----
122The Worst Disease of All!0----
123Violating Thoughts0----
124Limbs!0----
125Flexible0----
126The Gateway0----
127Terminate It Now!0----
128‘The Upload’0----
129Merry Christmas, Samantha!0----
130‘What if …’0----
131Are You Ready?0----
132Boredom0----
133I really am your mother, Jules0----
134Consumer Alert!0----
135No One Really Speaks Anymore0----
136Everyone Must Contribute0----
137Profit Share0----
138No Choice0----
139 'James’ 0----
140Leather Belt0----
141Just What the Doctor Ordered0----
142No One Takes a Risk0----
143We Advise Using Translucent Mode When Traveling in Congested Areas0----
144It'll Make Everything All Right0----
145Horse Blinders …0----
146Call Us To Escape a Digital Cult!0----
147‘The Asteroid’0----
148Always Being There0----
149UPI0----
150Herded like Sheep0----
151Human Evolution0----
152No Offense Taken0----
153Virtual Wish Foundation0----
154Sentience 3.00----
155It's the Nature of the Metaverse0----
156I Can’t Stand Being Disconnected Anymore.0----
157Ranked #1!0----
158Equal Opportunity0----
159My Entire Life Savings!0----
160`Dangerous Neighborhoods`0----
161Best of Luck to You0----
162Always Being There0----
163Remember this, Mr. Smith0----
164Vacation0----
165Clone-For-U Inc0----
166Rewind0----
167Of Their Own Choosing0----
168V-Life Insurance0----
169Alien Infestation0----
170Ready, Willing, and Able0----
171AI Swap!0----
172'Digital Oasis'0----
173Heaven’s Defenders0----
174 Have You Seen Things Pixelate?0----
175A Pitiful Waste of Existence0----
176A Groundbreaking Miracle!0----
177Beta Test0----
178It'll Make Everything All Right0----
179That’s Freedom, Jack!0----
180Close Your Eyes0----
181You Can Never Return0----
182Robot Boy0----
183A Convincing Illusion0----
184Submission Form0----
185Dear Amazon0----
186Everything You Ever Wanted0----
187 Rebirth Means Forever0----
188A New Era of the Cyborg0----
189 Workers’ Comp 0----
190For All Intents and Purposes0----
191Debug0----
192I Can See Now0----
193The Pill0----
194Digital Burnout0----
195Dropping like Flies0----
196Cease and Desist0----
197VR Uprising0----
198The Silence Was Deafening0----
199Infertiles0----
200Heaven Is So Beautiful0----
201Seconds to Decide0----
202Nerfed0----
203Godlike0----
204Roguelite0----
205PTW0----
206Obviously, Rebecca0----
207You Lack Imagination, Cheryl0----
208Missing Persons0----
209Chipped0----
210We Train AI0----
211Ethics0----
212Cold Hard Facts0----
213Frozen0----
214The Chip Was Successful0----
215My Heart Is Always Yours0----
216Extinction0----
217Escape0----
218The Meek Shall Inherit the Earth0----
219Perfect Life0----
220To Escape Total Extinction0----
221A Shot Fired0----
222Salvation0----
223Jeremy0----
224We’re Supposed to Enjoy Life0----
225The Steepest Price0----
226Overtime0----
227The Choice Is Entirely Yours0----
228One Last Moment0----
229Schism0----
230Swimming with the Sharks0----
231Auction0----
232Whatever It Takes for as Long as It Takes0----
233Lens0----
234Reality Check0----
235Sentience Codes0----
236Transfer0----
237Humans Are What Happened0----
238Privacy0----
239Life Has Become Less Fulfilling0----
240Rehab0----
241IQ0----
242There’s Nothing Outside0----
243The Reality Check Challenge0----
244A Double-Edged Sword0----
245Never Backward!0----
246Praise Be the Nanites!0----
247Our Imagination’s Greatest and Most Controversial Product0----
248A Loop of Chaos0----
249The Fund0----
250Almost Tomorrow0----
251All Technology Is Natural0----
252Running Away0----
253Rip Current0----
254Humans Only!0----
255Human Nature Remained the Same0----
256Traffic Lights0----
257Total Impunity0----
258Bliss0----
259Finger Guns0----
260Free Agency0----
261Okay, Grandpa ...0----
262If Caught by Mom0----
263Digital Therapy0----
264Planet X0----
265Children of the E-bike0----
266Insurance Policy0----
267When Survival Predominates0----
268The Decision0----
269I’m Not Chipped!0----
270Happy Birthday, Father!0----
271But Never Again the Universe0----
272The Pattering of Feet and the Squeak of a Ball0----
273Voting Day, 30250----
274Job Security0----
275Hard Work0----
276The Conversation Never Stops0----
277Infraction0----
278The Stillness0----
279The Great Shortage0----
280Binary Logic0----
281Hamster Wheels0----