In Future Machine, Johan Michaels' debut, people aren't who they seem in a bleak vision of what should've been mankind's glorious future. Dimmed by climate change and a dictatorship dubbed "the Corporation," the world spiraled into a seedy place of have and have-nots. One can easily that it wouldn't be impossible for a version of Michaels' world to become our own reality—a hallmark of a good dystopian tale—and indeed good storytelling.