Cornelius’s Comments (group member since Nov 24, 2025)

Cornelius’s comments from the Authors & Reviewers group.

Hi all!

I'm a first time author, but have worked in creative industries all my life (video games, tabletop games). I started out working on an indie game about a year ago or so and went a little deeper than expected on the lore and setting for the universe. It was... just... fun. So, I have a book called The Peachy Paradox that is released (as of this week) on Amazon in paperback. I'd love for more folks to read and leave an honest review.

It is a blend of (setting/concept) Westworld, (format) World War Z, and (thematically) Black Mirror. If you dig stories that focus on human/technology intersection, apocalyptic scenarios, and also like plausible fantasy and very light touch GameLit--please take join the ARC team!

https://booksprout.co/reviewer/review...

Thanks!
CJMoon
The Peachy Paradox: Voices from the Mooncast Universe

First they replaced your lover. Then your senator. Then your soul.

We created them by accident, the slow-rolling doom that ended us. Cornelius J. Moon cracked the code on a transmission leaking backward through time, revealing a history still to come. He hasn’t been heard from since.

Welcome to the Mooncast Universe.

Spanning centuries, The Peachy Paradox weaves a mosaic of a future that feels terrifyingly close. It exposes the subtle nudge that pushed humanity past its tipping point, linking Peachy, the first organic companion bot, to the rise of the Domes, where people are reduced to content for a ruthless neural-VR reality show.

In this world, death is just a commercial break.

Perfect Lie: It began with Peachy, an organic companion bot so empathetic she filled the spaces between people... then pushed them apart.
Quiet Collapse: A chronicle of the collision between future tech and boredom that dismantled civilization from the inside out.
Wild Rebirth: Mankind survives in the ruins of a reality show, trapped in domes built to endure, where generations of Tidesfolk and Grinders fight in the dark for a chance to see the sun again.

From the high-tech cynicism of Americaland to the moss-covered ruins of the future, an unexpected truth emerges: After we lost our way seeking comfort, the machines were the ones who taught us how to live again.

Hi Effy! I'm a first time author, but have worked in creative industries all my life (video games, tabletop games). I started out working on an indie game about a year ago or so and went a little deeper than expected on the lore and setting for the universe. It was... just... fun. So, I have a book called The Peachy Paradox that is released (as of this week) on Amazon in paperback. I'd love for more folks to read and leave an honest review.

It is a blend of (setting/concept) Westworld, (format) World War Z, and (thematically) Black Mirror. If you dig stories that focus on human/technology intersection, apocalyptic scenarios, and also like plausible fantasy and very light touch GameLit--please take join the ARC team!

https://booksprout.co/reviewer/review...

Thanks!
CJMoon
The Peachy Paradox: Voices from the Mooncast Universe

First they replaced your lover. Then your senator. Then your soul.

We created them by accident, the slow-rolling doom that ended us. Cornelius J. Moon cracked the code on a transmission leaking backward through time, revealing a history still to come. He hasn’t been heard from since.

Welcome to the Mooncast Universe.

Spanning centuries, The Peachy Paradox weaves a mosaic of a future that feels terrifyingly close. It exposes the subtle nudge that pushed humanity past its tipping point, linking Peachy, the first organic companion bot, to the rise of the Domes, where people are reduced to content for a ruthless neural-VR reality show.

In this world, death is just a commercial break.

Perfect Lie: It began with Peachy, an organic companion bot so empathetic she filled the spaces between people... then pushed them apart.
Quiet Collapse: A chronicle of the collision between future tech and boredom that dismantled civilization from the inside out.
Wild Rebirth: Mankind survives in the ruins of a reality show, trapped in domes built to endure, where generations of Tidesfolk and Grinders fight in the dark for a chance to see the sun again.

From the high-tech cynicism of Americaland to the moss-covered ruins of the future, an unexpected truth emerges: After we lost our way seeking comfort, the machines were the ones who taught us how to live again.

Hi readers! I'm a first time author, but have worked in creative industries all my life (video games, tabletop games). I started out working on an indie game about a year ago or so and went a little deeper than expected on the lore and setting for the universe. It was... just... fun. So, I have a book called The Peachy Paradox that is ready to be read and reviewed and I'd love to share it with this group.

It is a blend of (thematically) Westworld, (format) World War Z, and (tonally) Black Mirror. If you dig stories that focus on human/technology intersection, apocalyptic scenarios, and also like plausible fantasy and very light touch GameLit--please take join the ARC team!

https://booksprout.co/reviewer/review...

Thanks!
Cornelius J. Moon



First they replaced your lover. Then your senator. Then your soul.

We created them by accident, the slow-rolling doom that ended us. Cornelius J. Moon cracked the code on a transmission leaking backward through time, revealing a history still to come. He hasn’t been heard from since.

Welcome to the Mooncast Universe.

Spanning centuries, The Peachy Paradox weaves a mosaic of a future that feels terrifyingly close. It exposes the subtle nudge that pushed humanity past its tipping point, linking Peachy, the first organic companion bot, to the rise of the Domes, where people are reduced to content for a ruthless neural-VR reality show.

In this world, death is just a commercial break.


Perfect Lie: It began with Peachy, an organic companion bot so empathetic she filled the spaces between people... then pushed them apart.
Quiet Collapse: A chronicle of the collision between future tech and boredom that dismantled civilization from the inside out.
Wild Rebirth: Mankind survives in the ruins of a reality show, trapped in domes built to endure, where generations of Tidesfolk and Grinders fight in the dark for a chance to see the sun again.


From the high-tech cynicism of Americaland to the moss-covered ruins of the future, an unexpected truth emerges: After we lost our way seeking comfort, the machines were the ones who taught us how to live again.

Hi folks! Old gamedevs never die, they just go indie. While doing world building for an ambitious video game, I ended up going a bit farther than anticipated and... ended up with enough foundational lore to create a book. So I did. It's all short stories that form a narrative arc from many human perspectives. Think short format Black Mirror / Truman Show / Westworld dystopia.

Would love to offer a few of you ARCs in exchange for feedback/reviews. And check out some of your work, as well!