After going to an exhibition of work by Edward Hopper I decided I wanted to write some stories about what loneliness the future may hold. Hopefully I have managed to capture some of the emotions “Gas 1940″ or “Cape Cod Sunset” evoke – that feeling you are all alone while still surrounded by civilisation.

Immortality
A man awakes in hospital after an accident that almost killed him. Fortunately medical science has been able to recreate his body. Upon returning home, however, he starts to remember what led up to the accident.

A Sickness of The Soul
All illness and disease has been eradicated. Medical science is at its peak. A doctor recites the story of a man who could not be cured, even from a cold.

A Darkness Within
On the edge of known space an explorer searching for alien life discovers something that may answer all the questions that still puzzle the human race.

Forever Day
One man is left in a city now patrolled only by cleaning and maintenance robots. The rest of the city’s inhabitants have left, maybe for something better.

Akeldama
In a world where information is always available and anything can be found out quickly just by asking the question, the man who has no identity is unusual.