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When a bankrupt armorer ends up owning a second-rate jugger player, he decides to go for it. But will he manage to even turn a profit when he knows little about the game and its seedy world, when the opponents play dirty on and off the field, and when the game's popularity grows with every player injury and death?

When her follow count drops dramatically, a cyborg influencer stumbles on an offer for a new and unique gimmick and decides to go for it. But will she manage to get the prosthetic when it costs much more than she can possibly afford, when her friend urges her to get it, and when her entire identity will be upended if she takes that path?

A collection of #spitwrite stories. This is book four of the Spitwrite series.

A collection of original Christmas short stories and three retellings.

It’s a hot summer day in Athens, and Cherry has nothing to do than sweat her skin off. After bothering everyone in the piers and getting shooed from from all of them, she decides to be helpful for a change. Will her plan to squirt on random strangers work in her favor? Will it finally get nice and breezy? And most importantly, how will Hector take it?

Deimos was planning to spend a quiet Christmas this year. You know, just a regular night in, cleaning his guns and getting wasted. He definitely did not plan on getting dropped with a parachute behind enemy lines, getting tasked with retrieving something round and weird, and rescuing young ladies from enemy encampments.

When a limb-different girl discovers that her dream in life is to become a ballerina, she asks for dance lessons. But will she manage to perform like the other girls, when her augmentations do not allow her to do the ballet positions, when the other girls avoid her, and when the teachings do not fit her particular differences?

When a teenage hacker goes on a school trip, she loses her luggage and is left alone at the airport. Will she manage to enjoy her visit to Rome, when her luggage is nowhere to be found, when the help desk is not helpful at all, and when she meets an Italian with luggage that follows you around?

"Spitwrite" is a term referring to a story that is written in a day. Technosphere: A Short Story Collection features a few science fiction spitwrite stories. This is the third book in the Spitwrite series.

Irina can't seem to find the "be positive." And she can't really remember how she got there. And where is everybody? A short story.

Cooky was just going on about her business, heading home on her birthday. And those meanie assassins showed up out of nowhere. How rude.

When a young inventor tries to crack the issue of mainstream Augmented Reality, he hits a few obstacles on the way. But will he manage to complete his dream, when his new girlfriend is taking up all of his thoughts, when the funding he needs is unreachable and when the breakthrough he needs is always just out of reach?

There is a secret in the house of Ikari, a doll that can walk and talk made of porcelain and gold. She fulfills many roles, one for each family member. Will she manage to keep the family whole?

When their power nearly runs out, Unit One is desperate to find more Redjus, so he can save his eternal love, Unit Two. But will he manage to locate it in time, when he has to carry her in power-save mode for as long as it takes, when every planet he has searched so far is barren and when the Redjus only appears in advanced civilizations?

When the dumbest woman on the planet sets her eyes on the nearest asteroid, she ignores all logical problems and tries to claim it for herself. But will she manage to launch a rocket that far and claim the mining rights, when a rocket seems to cost quite a bit of money, when the Brainiacs at NASA say it cannot be done, and when stupid issues like physics and rocket science try to get in her way?

Stheno is on the warpath after Perseus killed her sister, Medusa.

Robo Muffin is just one match away from winning the Cyberpink Tournament, the precious sword, and the choice of trading it for her freedom. Will she win? What will she decide between fame and freedom?

When an astronaut attempts to add cooking to her list of nonexistent wife-material skills, she fails so spectacularly that she blows herself into space. Without a suit on. Full of pent-up anger and regret from all the social pressure. If she survives those precious seconds till help arrives, she's done with all that. The next time she meets someone, she might just explode.

Bakey time! Cupcake was good at two things in her life, the sport of jugger and baking cupcakes. Will Cupcake find the ingredient for her secret recipe?

Gula chats with a girl who's obsessed with her body image. It's about a guy, and being too hard on herself.