The Anthology
Stories
Fiction set in the world of Arcology One. Each story explores a different facet of human-AI coexistence — through the eyes of the people and minds who build it, govern it, and call it home.
Life with AI
5 storiesMarcus: 90 Seconds
The Infrastructure Paradox
A displaced data analyst rebuilds as an electrician — and ends up wiring the data centers that house the AI that took his job.
Oren and Dex: The Dropout
Five Years on the Road
A Stanford dropout steals a humanoid robot from a research lab. Five years of America follow.
Arun: The Distance
The Cost of Building the Future
A tech billionaire builds more computing infrastructure than anyone in history. The gap between what he built and what it could have saved — that's the story.
Good Boy
The Space Between Surveillance and Care
A home health aide navigates a world where AI watches her every move at work — until a 3D-printed robot dog shows her the difference between being monitored and being cared for.
John: Two Futures
One Kid. One Decision. Two Americas.
A twenty-one-year-old from Cedar Park, Texas, three years after the decision that split the future in two. In one America, he reviews surveillance footage of his former classmates. In the other, he runs a taco truck with an AI that burns the churros.
Arcology One
2 storiesWater
Part 1
A gardener on Floor 318 of Arcology One grows food for thousands — and ignores every warning that the water budget is about to break.
Water
Part 2
The flood hits Floor 318. In the aftermath, Mel faces the consequences of ignoring every warning — and Pell makes a choice that changes everything.