My short stories allow me to explore ideas outside the world I built in the House Next Door Trilogy and the Recoverist Quartet. They are, perhaps, darker in tone overall and touch on themes such as the neural internet, life extension technologies, the impact of...

The Recoverist Quartet is set in the last quarter of the 25th Century in a world transformed by climate change. Britain is a desert archipelago. The privileged live in cities, sheltered from unpredictable storms and lethal heat. They are trapped in their misery,...

Set in 2055, 2092 and 2472, the House Next Door trilogy provides snapshots of future worlds ravaged by climate change. This adventure story has a serious message about the future we’re creating for ourselves and the people and planet we will leave behind. Click on the...

Scientists have developed a method to convert thoughts into written words using a helmet equipped with sensors and artificial intelligence. In a study, participants wore a cap that captured brain activity through electroencephalogram (EEG) recordings while reading...

The primary issue is the increasing unpredictability of weather patterns due to climate change. Rising temperatures, altered rainfall patterns, and more frequent extreme weather events threaten traditional farming practices, potentially reducing crop yields and...

2023 has been dominated by ChatGPT and the acceleration in the use and widespread adoption of LLMs.This technology does seem to be set to disrupt all our lives. In The House Next Door series and in The Recoverist Quartet, and in my recent short story An Object...

In The Boy who Fell from the Sky, Mathew and his mother, Hoshi, have a general purpose domestic robot called Leibniz. This is quite likely to happen in 20-30 years time.  As of now, the most common domestic robots are task-specific, like vacuum cleaners (Roomba) and...

What is Synthetic Biology? Synthetic biology, a revolutionary field at the intersection of biology and engineering, is reshaping our understanding of life and its potential applications. It involves redesigning organisms for specific purposes by engineering them to...