Beulah Khware longs to become a Celeronian, but only the most committed pass the citizenship test.
Amelia has The Vanishing, a disease caused by unrooted immigrant identity.
A father must decide what year to retire to after his partner absconds with their daughter to 1992.
A family pays tribute to their ancestors sleeping between worlds.
A strange door-to-door salesman approaches with a glowing suitcase. Will you open the door?
A message from the innovating geniuses at BOA Chemical.
by Gazing into the Loathsome Geometry of the Taco Pup Mega-muncher Meal Box.
It’ll be okay one day.
The life of a corporate mercenary is one long boring wait, punctuated by brief, bright red bouts of violence.
A woman sells her body scan and soon sees synthetic companions modeled in her exact likeness.
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