Laundrygate: Strange Stories About the Future

by Tery Spataro

Laundrygate: Strange Stories About the Future is an unusual collection of short stories about the unimagined consequences of technology and the creation of new realities. Tery Spataro dreams up these wild, surreal tales and envisions the outcomes brought about by technological change and human curiosity and imagines post-humanist worlds.

The four heroines of Laundrygate experience many themes and challenges caused by these otherworldly environments. At the same time, you ride the technological roller coaster of human evolution, environmental ramifications, political fallout, religious upheaval, and the transformation of economies. The Chairman takes command. The Witness Historian pursues the understanding of the past to prevent it from reoccurring. Kela, a species from another world, explores Earth through interspecies transference and relationship development. And the Creator takes on HEAVEN to save us all.

Tery Spataro brings these quirky and thoughtful tales together. She dives deep to create curious but possible futures.

Narration by Christy Lynn

Audible Audio

Published December 9, 2021

About the author

Tery Spataro is a a multidisciplinary artist, creative director, and storyteller at the intersection of human emotions and future tech, her passion lies in expanding the storytelling landscape. Exhibiting globally, her repertoire spans fine arts, published cosmic sci-fi stories and enchanting picture books, film, music, VR experiences, and tangible goods all reflecting her provocative and forward-thinking spirit and challenging and expanding the boundaries of conventional artistry.

Drawing on sci-fi and cosmic fantasy richness, she merges photorealism with surrealism to immerse audiences, not only crafting intricate, strange dreamscapes but also embarking on way-out adventures to the far reaches of the cosmos.

Being digital since the 1980s, her approach to art echoes the transformative power of embracing AI with digital, offering a glimpse of the future as more than mere imagination.

Tery wrote and illustrated eight books including Beyond Darkness and AI for Brands. She is a contributor to several other books.

Her art is shown globally, collected and commissioned by corporations and art connoisseurs.

"Space Diner" is just one of several short films she created using AI included in the Retrofuturism (AI World) collection. Beyond Darkness (film based on her book) accepted for public showing at the JAX Fuse Film festival 2024, and AIFilm3 Festival 2024 in Arizona. "Lukie, the Cosmic Cat" was publicly shown at NFTNYC 2024 Hudson Yards. "Strange Place" (poem) a VR experience created by Tery is included in the Loop Art Critique.

Tery has an MBA in Marketing from Regis University and BFA from Albertus Magnus College, studied art at Paier College of Art and uncompleted MFA from Pratt Institute.