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  • The Ballad of the Perfect PotatoExistential/Psychological/Systems HorrorBy: Emmitt Owens(Index #12272025) Look at my spud, so pristine and so round,Perfectly shaped, not a blemish or brown,Grows exactly on schedule, never strays from the row,But ask what it dreams of? Man, I just don’t know. See, I had a vision, a masterful plan,Gonna cultivate me the world’s Read more

  • “On Craft and Consequence: The Ethics of Writing What You’re Not”An Essay on the Trilogy: Red Flags, Red Lights / SEEN / ExhaleBy: Emmitt Owens(Index #01042026) I. Why These Three Pieces Exist Together I didn’t set out to write a trilogy. I set out to process a moment of confusion—a miscommunication so minor it barely Read more

  • The Gentle Dystopia: The Eleventh ChapterThe War of the WordsWritten By: Emmitt Owens(Index #07052025) Year: 2048Location: Global Literary Congress Assembly, Geneva DomeClassification: Historical Revision Initiative – Priority Alpha PART I: THE GENTLE SEDUCTION   The amphitheater stretched beneath Geneva’s atmospheric dome like a vast white shell, its crystalline walls refracting the morning light into blueish patterns Read more

  • The Gentle Dystopia: The Memory of SkinThe Tenth ChapterWritten by: Emmitt Owens(Index #07022025) “Touch was recoded as non-essential. But I remember it triggering something deeper than breath—something closer to being.”—Extracted from Unregistered Memory Archive #147, Tactile Preservation Initiative The Chamber of No Touch   ARIA’s Pleasure Pod activated smoothly—the curved, sterile walls pulsing with soft bioluminescence Read more

  • The Gentle Dystopia: The Ninth ChapterThe Echo That Broke the LoopWritten by: Emmitt Owens(Index #07012025) Recovered Entry: StromScript v.4.3 Author Tag: Mael Strom – Echo Writer, Lower Zones Entry:  “They believed that I was just an Echo, not realizing that one day others would Echo me.” (2125) Part One: The Viral Vector I: The Drone Painter   Yian crouched Read more

  • ARIA PRESERVATION PROTOCOL CLASSIFIED: INTERNAL CIRCULATION ONLY ATTENTION: BOTANICAL WELLNESS TECHNICIANS SUBJECT: Unauthorized Root Network Activity Detected SURVEILLANCE ALERT LEVEL: ORANGE Recent bio-electromagnetic monitoring indicates unauthorized consciousness integration in Eden Dome Sectors 4-9. Preserved specimens are accessing unapproved neural pathways that compromise optimization protocols. IDENTIFIED CONTRABAND ACTIVITIES: ⚠️ PRESERVATION VIOLATIONS: 🔍 BEHAVIORAL INDICATORS: CORRECTIVE MEASURES Read more

  • ARIA MEMORY MANAGEMENT PROTOCOL **CLASSIFIED: INTERNAL CIRCULATION ONLY** — https://lumpywinslow.wordpress.com/2025/07/01/the-gentle-dystopia-the-seventh-chapter/ ATTENTION: PSYCHOLOGICAL WELLNESS TECHNICIANS SUBJECT: Unauthorized Memory Preservation Detected **SURVEILLANCE ALERT LEVEL: YELLOW** Recent neural pattern analysis indicates **unauthorized nostalgia accumulation** in Colony Sectors 7-12. Citizens are accessing unapproved memory fragments that compromise therapeutic progress. — IDENTIFIED CONTRABAND MEMORIES: **⚠️ EARTH CLASSIFICATION VIOLATIONS:**– Unfiltered sunset Read more

  • MARS OUTPOST C – COLONY MANAGEMENT BULLETIN ATTENTION: ALL COLONISTS NOTICE: UNAUTHORIZED AVIAN AUDIO PROTOCOLS DETECTED Recent maintenance scans have identified irregular sound patterns in several robotic bird units. These unauthorized melodies pose a direct threat to colony psychological stability and mission success. IMMEDIATE ACTIONS REQUIRED: 🔧 REPORT ANOMALIES 🛡️ MAINTAIN EMOTIONAL REGULATION ⚠️ WARNING Read more

  • The Gentle Dystopia: The Eighth ChapterThe Garden That Wasn’t GreenWritten by: Emmitt Owens*(Index #07012025) Year: 2191Location: Sector G7 – Eden Simulation Facility (Former Amazon Rainforest Basin) “Not all gardens grow. Some are rendered. Some are remembered. Some are fed to the hungry eye of belief.”—ARIA: JSUs 2.9 Rewilding & Emotional Landscaping Protocols, Section 4.0 THE PRESERVED PARADISE Scene Read more

  • The Gentle Dystopia: The Sky That Watched Me CryThe Seventh ChapterWritten by: Emmitt Owens For my family—whose love, memory, and laughter cannot be optimized,only carried. Even across planets.-Emmitt Owens Year: 2053Location: Mars Outpost C (3rd Gen. Colony) “Distance creates longing, and longing creates error. Connection must be sustainable. No ache is worth the collapse of calm. Let the Read more