Archive for December, 2024

Born in Pain and Sweat and Pee: the 2024 Gallery Update

I have been wracked by COVID over the last ten days. If I’m not hot enough to set paper aflame, I’m wet enough to single-handedly power a water slide. Throughout the night, every 25 minutes on the dot, I shed my own body mass in sweat like some kind of human hagfish. I take desperate […]

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“The Pilot Enters the Core.

The Core enters the pilot. Ventilators boot up, hydraulics whisper reassurance, control surfaces flicker to life. Straps and webbing cinch tight, securing him to the command chair. Haptic controllers flex around his fingers; awakening subsystems chirp in readiness. The headrest jack snaps into his cervical socket. It’s as though he’s been holding his breath for […]

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