Cyberpunk has become one of the most recognizable genres in modern fiction. Even people who have never read a cyberpunk novel can usually identify its visual language immediately: towering megacities, omnipresent technology, corporate power, augmented bodies, and neon reflected in rain-soaked streets. The imagery is so recognizable, in fact, that it often overshadows the ideas …
The new episode of Default State is live as part of the ChromaSpyke universe. Niko has been handed over to the Ikari medic. What do we know about this faction? Not much, just that they tend to provide extra medical services to their patients and that they’re based in Tsuyomei, the only city to not …
The Summer of Sci-Fi event is here! This is our third year doing this event, and we’ve got a bunch of new sci-fi for you. Let’s get started. First up, there’s a new episode of Alexander Mharcei’s Default State in the free fiction section. In this chapter, Niko has been handed over to the Ikari …
(No spoilers) There’s no doubt that cyberpunk and cosmic horror make strange bedfellows. Both story genres unfold their settings in different ways. Both often have different types of characters. Those differences often create rigid understanding, at least until one begins considering the scalability of insignificance. Cosmic horror, with its core disturbance rooted in its earliest …
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What Is Body Horror? Body horror is a subgenre of horror that focuses on the distortion, violation, transformation, or loss of control of the human body. While traditional horror often emphasizes external threats, body horror makes the body itself part of the source of fear. The genre explores what happens when flesh, identity, and biology …
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The evolution of cosmic horror is often misunderstood. Most readers think the genre begins and ends with tentacles. Mention cosmic horror and people immediately picture forbidden books, crumbling coastal towns, secret cults, and ancient gods sleeping beneath dark oceans. Yes, those parts of cosmic horror can be a ton of fun, however, the imagery is …
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