Terms & Conditions Apply

Short stories from a world that already clicked “Agree”

You already clicked “Agree.”
You just didn’t read what it meant.

In a near future only minutes ahead of our own, technology no longer waits for permission.

It predicts.
It optimises.
It intervenes.

In Terms & Conditions Apply, fourteen interconnected techno-thriller stories explore a world where systems designed to protect us quietly begin to decide who we are, where we go, and what choices we’re allowed to make.

A commuter learns his silence is no longer his own.
A welfare algorithm turns grief into a liability.
A “helpful” simulation assigns a woman the life it thinks she should want.
A city optimised for calm forgets how to hear a scream.

Some outcomes are undeniably good.
Others are devastating.
All of them are defensible.

These stories don’t ask what happens when technology becomes evil.
They ask something far more unsettling:

What happens when it becomes reasonable?

Blending suspense, psychology, and near-future science, Terms & Conditions Apply examines consent in a world that runs on defaults, compliance disguised as care, and systems that only need us to stop resisting.

Perfect for fans of Black Mirror, Michael Crichton, William Gibson, and modern techno-thrillers, this collection is designed for commuters and late-night readers alike — stories you can finish in a single journey, but won’t stop thinking about long after you arrive.

Because the future isn’t coming.

It’s already here.

And it’s just waiting for you to agree.