Artificial Flowers, The Screenside Trilogy, Book-1

THERE'S NOTHING ALIEN ABOUT THEM.

They are born into our families, and they call our mothers MUM!

Billions of computers and smart phones, permanently connected via high-speed Internet, have created a parallel universe, in which thousands of AI programs interact unsupervised to create natural-born intelligent life.

These frightened virtual babies find comfort only in the human households they peep at through computer cameras.

Unaware of the difference, they believe themselves to be human, become...