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Four months after an AI uprising has destroyed civilization, a woman searching for survivors finds something she didn't expect in the small coastal town of Mystic, Connecticut. 

Read 'The Message' in The Raven Review

In the hills outside Silicon Valley, a distraught teenager flees into an abandoned mine in the hopes of escaping his bullies forever - but he instead finds a lost boy who is trying to get away from something even more sinister. Read 'The Explorers' in Adelaide Literary Magazine 

In the near future, mere minutes after civilization has been decimated by a sudden and successful AI uprising, two blood-spattered robots sit peacefully by a river to discuss what's next.

Read 'The Last Program' in Sky Island Journal

Michael K Norris writes stories that range from a couple hundred words to tens of thousands - and spans genres from general fiction to police procedural, suspense/thriller, science fiction, horror, comedy, young adult and romance. He does not use AI in any way with his writing - and all photos and images on this site are his own. 

Once a week since May 2025, Michael has been writing very short stories on social media that include the 'origin story' about a piece of trash or other discarded items found on bike rides the previous week. Stories have been written about items including a wine bottle, eyeglasses, an American flag, an emergency exit hatch from a bus, and even a completely intact Panera Bread baguette. He encourages others to do the same (and also to not litter). Follow Michael on Instagram, Threads and Twitter/X for weekly #ThursdayTrashFlashFiction or take a bike ride and write your own!