It’s 2101 and Charlotte Vance works for ArkTech, the company famous for ending the climate crisis. As Head of Awkward Questions, she doesn’t have a normal job, but she enjoys it anyway. Ben, ArkTech’s Artificial Intelligence, wants to understand human behaviour and it’s up to Charlotte to help him.
Join Charlotte and Ben as their investigations take them to every corner of the ArkTech territory, a network of platforms suspended above the Fenland Sea.
In Beware the Ides of April, Ben notices people are swimming in a restricted area, using the lower levels of a kelp processing facility as an entry point into the sea. Why are they taking the risk? And why do the visits happen on the Ides of each month? To get your free copy of Beware the Ides of April, join the Picklesverse community here.
In Artificial Selection, Ben asks Charlotte to find out why a librarian isn’t reporting a book vandal who’s a repeat offender. Her investigation takes an unexpected turn when she discovers that even seemingly trivial actions can be a matter of life and death. Artificial Selection is coming soon. Check back here, or join the Picklesverse community to get updates direct to your inbox.
Time Hack, which won first prize in the Green Stories novel competition 2023, brings Charlotte face to face with her past. A new technology lets people borrow time from the future. It seems like the ultimate productivity hack. But when Charlotte gets caught up in a missing person case, it becomes clear that there’s more to the technology than meets the eye. Time Hack is coming soon. Check back here, or join the Picklesverse community to get updates direct to your inbox.