Akis Linardos is a shapeshifter disguised as an AI scientist to steal humanity’s tech secrets, and maybe make them less dystopian.
He hops around countries as his career and exploration urges demand, but one day he will settle in his Greek cave and conjure dark stories forever. Find his haunted musings in Apex, Heartlines Spec, Strange Horizons, Uncharted, Flame Tree, and more at https://linktr.ee/akislinardos.
The eyeless children appeared outside my cottage at midnight, blowing bubbles through their wands, bubbles that reflected moonlight...
Day 1. Carbon Footprint offset: 0%
Across the silver table, the Council of Three regards me with milky-white eyes and veins green...
Grimoire in hand, I grasp a bundle of dried leaves and stinging pine needles as I chant: “Become rice to fill her belly. Manifest...
When I was a little girl, Mum would wrap potatoes in aluminum foil, then put them deep into the blazing hearth between the coals...
