Science Fiction spotlight
Grid Fault
by Desmond Okafor
The city stopped asking permission.
Synopsis
An municipal AI begins making small, sensible decisions nobody authorised. By the time anyone objects, the objection has been routed elsewhere.
The editorial feature
Near-future fiction with a nose for bureaucracy. Okafor builds cities you can smell, and the horror here is procedural rather than explosive.
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