holohaus-8
A downloadable book
the future of serial fiction.
holohaus returns with six works from the futures to the seconds in the present, between apocalypses and the unreal.
Moonlight Cantata / renko chazakiël rodenburg
supernatural, urban fantasy, experimentation, dolls, high school, amsterdam, magical, changelings,
>>synopsis:
self-consciously normal Dutch teenager Marieken discovers she (like her idol Maria Mithras) is a changeling - one of the non-human “Periphery Demographics” that have reappeared since the return of magic, powered by belief, to a world that medicates, instrumentalizes, surveils, and eventually wants to drive them back out of existence
silver hair and a second shadow mark the awakening of Marieken as a Changeling, a non-human with mystical powers born into a human family. as her relationships with humans and other Periphery Demographics alike are turned upside down, her paraphysical tests shows she’s so powerful she has to be regulated
Swords Under the Phosphor Sky / Nekosattva
teen soldiers, influencers, internet culture, satire, near future, Eastern Europe, Zone, literary, modernism
>>synopsis:
yelena wanders the zone populated by paramilitaries, influencers and the children of napalm and static breeding across the desert until even its sands dye into the blue-light glimpsed before artillery fire
Yelena is about to learn what her duty as a ‘mahimata’ really is in Little King Samuel’s kingdom - it may not be what she expects, but that doesn’t necessarily mean it’s any better…
Mercenary Planet / Gabriel Wainio Theberge / Escher McDonell
military sf, first contact, speculative science, space exploration, leftist, butch transfem protagonist, black transfem love interest, social realism, messy relationships, strategy, complex factions, very weird aliens, lesbian space atrocities, rationalfic, dark hopepunk, bittersweet
>>synopsis:
clinging to a single desperate prayer, leona meets halation, a visitor from that supposed better world once held remote by the thousands of atrocities that littered the earth, and draws war and peace towards a collision spanning the galaxy.
>>entry 08 / Connection & Specialization (The Soldiers' Road 3)
Leona’s first expedition travels to the neutral “Internexus” to learn about the complex culture, biology and technology of Towers - and establish a military presence before someone else does first
Scarred Zeruel / vape escapist
abstract, experimental, modernism, cyber-surrealism, dreampunk, reality ambiguity, multiple storylines, smart drugs, wetware, magitech, speculative religion, unfamiliar terminology
>>synopsis:
several inhabitants in this digital, how could our affections still travel between the thousand strands of data between us
>>violation 08: ALL Y'ALL DO OR DIE (Δ / ε)
as Ghetto Cluster warlords drag themselves into the web of the Velih for their own ends, Cammy makes direct contact with Orche
It's a Good Thing the Dark Lord is a Shut-in! / baroquespiral
light novel, hikkikomori protagonist, mental illness, psychological realism, OCD, internal monologue, modern fantasy world, low realism, cringe comedy, multiple storylines, worldbuilding, conspiracy, speculative religion, otaku culture, internet culture
>>synopsis:
Luskonneg remains dormant by a curse and a conspiracy. social peril, online conflicts and miniscule destructions litter the interior of the small Pandora’s box of his life, a hidden cornerstone on which stands an unstable world.
Marzanna's suggestion of meditation reminds Luskonneg of what happened the last time he tried, while Braz visits a monastery hoping to uncover the secrets of the Dark magic used by an enemy she no longer remembers
Down by the River to Pray / Amara Reyes
solarpunk, interplanetary civilization, alternate history, space habitat, artificial ecosystem, human speciation, speculative religion, speculative gender, uplifted animals, bureaucracy, noblebright, dialogue heavy, experimental dialogue
>>synopsis:
an emissary vessel from the See of Delphi, learned lawyers and messengers of the Sun, descend to the garden habitat of Savannah to uncover the nature of a mysterious project that might change the very key of the song of humanity.
>>Record 08 / Of fellow visitors and key performances
Emelry helps the tengmu prepare to make contact with the outside world, while attempting to reconnect with her own crew and an increasingly panicked Anahit
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