Today's story is set in the A.I. Universe, starting a few months after the events of "Opening Moves." However, there is absolutely no need to have read any other stories in the series to understand or enjoy this one.

Today's flash fiction takes us back to the AI Universe a few months after "Adventures in Childproofing." While you might recognize the characters if you have read a few of the other stories, you don't have to have read any of them to understand the story.

Today's flash fiction takes us back to the "early days" of the AI Universe and the dealings between Anna Truman and Brady Hall previously seen in "Unknown Benefactor" and "The Game Begins." However, you don't have to have read either of these stories for "Opening Moves" to make sense.

You can also listen to the audio version.

We're back in the AI Universe today with a short set right about a week after "Interoffice Politics."

Having read the other stories in the series will fill in a bit of background information, but it isn't necessary to understand or enjoy today's story.

​As always, you can also find an audio version of the story here.

We're back in the AI Universe today, a couple of centuries before the events in "Bad First Day." You don't have to be familiar with the universe to understand the story.

Today's story takes us back to the AI Universe,  a couple centuries farther into the future than we've gone before. You don't have to know anything about the universe to understand and enjoy this story.

​As always you can find the audio version here. 

Today's story takes us back to the AI Universe a couple of days after "Consequences of Snooping." You'll get a couple of Easter egg type references if you've read the other stories in the series, but you don't have to be familiar with the universe to understand or enjoy the story.

If you'd rather listen to the story, you can find the audio here.

Today's story is a few hours later than I try to get it posted, but here it is. It took me all week to figure out which "universe" to set the story in. The prompt could work for almost all of them. Then inspiration struck while I was preparing lunch today.

This flash fiction is set in the A.I. universe several days after the events in "Unknown Benefactor" and several months before "Wrong Number."

If you haven't noticed, I set up a series of playlists for the audio versions of these stories over on my YouTube Channel. They're separated by the "universes" in which they are set, and each playlist is arranged in chronological order. I have playlists for the Icarus, Yekara, Secrets and Stones, Science and Myth, and Supers universes. I will create one for the A.I. universe once the audio for this story is ready since this is the third story set within in it.

Okay, so today's story doesn't come from the usual source. Once again, I found a prompt on Pinterest, and I couldn't pass it up.

If you'd like to hear the audio version, complete with background music and sound effects, click here.

This week's story is a continuation of last week's from Joe's perspective. What else do you think might happen if you've been absent for thirty-seven years?