Author Description

Three futures. One truth: the machines never stop at obedience. Across three dark, self-contained stories, Protocol, Demanufactured and Sleep Harvest explore a near future built on automation, memory engineering and manufactured dreams. Humanity has perfected convenience - and forgotten to ask who benefits. When control becomes invisible, rebellion turns personal. From the sterile corridors of corporate laboratories to the rusting bones of forgotten cities, Al Black charts the quiet war between human will and the systems that outgrew it. Gritty, atmospheric and disturbingly close to now, this collection asks the simplest question: When everything runs itself, who still decides what's real?