Branch Density

by Phillip Carter

A heartfelt poetry collection that red-shifts into new universes, dragging Carter and his fans toward alien worlds.In BRANCH DENSITY, Carter again tackles those themes of alienation and predestination that make his debut False Vacuum so enthralling. What's changed here in Branch Density is that the poetry is bleeding into new universes, reaching out and contacting alien civilizations that you might recognize from his fiction. This is a poetry that is concerned with using fiction as a lens to look back at reality, that plays with existing lore and uses character to explore author. From the author. His thoughts on the "The poems here are free to come and go through fictional universes, bringing back with them some characters that fans of my short stories might recognize [...] It's like False Vacuum but weirder, stepping forward into the multiverse of my books and using the characters there as a way of exploring my own life. It's also got some hidden references, so fans of my fiction will find little expansions to the lore here too, if they look hard enough."Carter's voice is still here, but it is transforming into something alien.His thoughts on the "Writing BD was a lot of fun. I did a few livestreams online so I could have a mixed bag of beta readers, and took some of the poems to gigs back outside in the real world. They were very popular. Obviously the pandemic got in the way of bringing it out sooner, but I think that extra time helped me to refine my direction. It was nice to turn around after Who Built The Humans? and tell my readers 'Hey, I'm doing serious poetry now.' I didn't expect the amount of support I got for it, but almost anyone who knows me from my fiction wants to read my poetry, which is fantastic."His thoughts on the return of his most popular character, Lax "I included Lax in one or two poems here so I could explore his character more. Some of his life feels best documented in poetry, rather than fiction, so this seemed like the perfect place for it. He's here for anyone who looks for him. For anyone else, this is a pretty straightforward book of poems about working out what you want from life, before the universe ends."Branch Density is a new cosmos of poetry. If you want to know how the inside of Carter's head works, this book is for you.

50 pages, Kindle Edition

Published April 13, 2022

About the author

Phillip is a Science Fiction author, Comedian, Poet, Lego Artist, and Minecraft streamer.

He writes about time travel, alien contact, and galaxy-spanning conspiracies.

And also psychic crystals called Susan.

His debut book, WHO BUILT THE HUMANS? is a novel-length collection of eleven distinct universes. Readers can navigate these dimensions in almost any direction, creating a book which rewards re-reads.

The sequel, WHO KILLED THE HUMANS? refines and reinvents the formula, splitting 'what if?' questions down multiple timelines.

What if mushrooms got drunk off human blood?
What if horses could speak to the universe?

Normal questions like that.