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Earworm
A walking tour of the ends of worlds...
Lockdown. 2020. Hector was alone in his one-room flat, keeping himself occupied by studying a number of ancient occult texts.
He discovered a secret that allowed him to escape into other worlds, to travel through vast deserts and to view alien stars. Hector was still alone out among the fungal groves and eternal twilights, but there is so much to see—and there's something else, something that's just on the tip of his tongue, like a tune that he can just about, almost, remember…
When restrictions ease, Hector is able to share this secret with his friends, who are at first awed, and then horrified by the things Hector has seen, the things he has done.
But that's nothing compared to what he will do next…
A standalone novelette.
Lockdown. 2020. Hector was alone in his one-room flat, keeping himself occupied by studying a number of ancient occult texts.
He discovered a secret that allowed him to escape into other worlds, to travel through vast deserts and to view alien stars. Hector was still alone out among the fungal groves and eternal twilights, but there is so much to see—and there's something else, something that's just on the tip of his tongue, like a tune that he can just about, almost, remember…
When restrictions ease, Hector is able to share this secret with his friends, who are at first awed, and then horrified by the things Hector has seen, the things he has done.
But that's nothing compared to what he will do next…
A standalone novelette.
44 pages, Kindle Edition
Published April 6, 2024
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May 27, 2024I really enjoyed the slugs
April 7, 2024
A really fun walking tour of new worlds, read this if you like descriptions of weird landscapes and psychedelic occult dream trips.
May 24, 2024
An unusual apocalyptic novelette, which manages to explore concepts in a sensory way and whose meaning creeps up on you. I don't think I can say more without spoiling, but I liked my reading experience of it, and there was some fridge brilliance there for me.
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