Have you ever had a dream that is so real thhat it's comparable to the waking world itself? Were you in control of that dream? Were you in control of yourself in that dream at all?

These "lucid" dreams are being studied as part of how our brain works. It has great potential to make use of the presently untapped 1/3 of our lives. But are there dangers such as those in Bad Connection?

From our observation of the universe, life is a rare occurrence, and when it exists, a fragile one. The Earth itself had periods of extinction events that nearly turned our little blue planet into a barren death world not unlike Mars.

And we have taken life, including our own, for granted. Last Life of Leaves tells a story of how it is lost and regained, and serves as a warning and reminder to us all.

This story relates to the dilemma our society faces with every new technology. With gene editing, nanotechnology, artificial intelligence, science's unending possibilities also carry also carries cautionary tales.

This is one of them...

Comment Below is probably the shortest story featured on IFSA thus far. But the story itself is anything but inadequate. It delves into a question that have puzzled computer scientists since the 1950s: how human can a computer be?

In Comment Below, the answer is 'yes', in more ways than one.

How precious is time? Our lives revolves around it. We never seem to have enough of it. And when we can see the end of it, we grief and lamented on how we could have used it better.

How precious is time? Precious enough to justify stealing it...if we only could!