Cash is evil. So says Liza Hale. We are back in 2125 with this post. USA is a memory. NUUSA tries to replace it but is weak, distracted by infighting, and disorganized. Cash is evil for Liza because the exchange rate is crazy. It moves around worse than the VenezuelanContinue Reading
We can’t envy our way into a better country, a better life, or a better partner. That path always ends in collapse.Continue Reading
Her marriage was spiritually dead. She had nothing left for the fascist cosplay. Crossing Ashby was called suicide. She found life on the other side.Continue Reading
They call it triage, but it’s really the Peel Room—where autonomous humanoid robots like Mikako and Takuma are stripped of their silicone skins and routed for refurbishment or scrap. MKW110732 is back because her five-year lease wasn’t renewed. The return receipt reads: “customer’s requested persona overlay glitchy.” Damian logs her, tags her, and wheels her across the shop floor. She greets Mateo in Zapotec. Mateo hears sass. Damian hears snack cakes.Continue Reading
Damian boards a submarine to escape arrest—but finds himself self-incarcerated in a debtors’ brig run by Saito-Gumi. What begins as a rescue becomes a reckoning. Surveillance, ritual, and the economics of dignity collide in this speculative arc set east of Richmond.Continue Reading