One original sci-fi story per day for all of 2023 | Created by screenwriter Timothy Michael Cooper, illustrated using A.I.

Gamble

Gamble

Wait—so even after hearing all the issues that inhabiting a “body” would entail, you still want to visit earth and take that risk? Even though you could die at any moment from practically anything: a fall at the wrong angle, a stray air bubble, a random spasm of the brain? Even though your heart will break many times—and that’s if you’re lucky? Why not just stay up here, where there’s no risk of wild vacillations like theirs? No pain, illness, confusion, depression, ecstasy…Well, I think you’re nuts. But if you’re so eager to give it a shot, be my guest.