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bright shape

Having created light that won't drown light, we watch the city's stars arrayed below; and mirrored high above, a sea of suns, no interference, undiminished glow.

By ctrlcreep

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bright shape

The Forager and the Wasp

What a jam jamboree!

Jun 19•ctrlcreep

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Sim's Sum

An eternity of interlocking beetles.

May 7•ctrlcreep

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Seven Invisible Networks

Social networks from the unhinged side of the moon.

Apr 8•ctrlcreep

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I am a hat

HAT<-->HAT

Feb 17•ctrlcreep

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In the Houses of Disordered Stars

Cathedrals to nothing; cathedrals to refusal.

Oct 22, 2025•ctrlcreep

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Entropic Orbit / Book Announcement

It was the summer of the universe. Books composed themselves.

Sep 9, 2025•ctrlcreep

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Consider participating in Invisible Networks 2025

Inventing a horrible new social network? It's the civic thing to do.

Mar 31, 2025•ctrlcreep

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Mycopia

Eyes open: low-key Gaussian blur, sepia filter, facial detection with expression-exaggeration for simplified comprehension. Reality softened and made…

Nov 5, 2024•ctrlcreep

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Obituary: Daniel Calhoun, murine music author, dies at 132

Man, mouse, musician.

Oct 30, 2024•ctrlcreep

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Catkin; a book review

Let’s open with a riddle.

Oct 7, 2024•ctrlcreep

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The Air-Broken Library

If the program continues to employ two men, it will be five-hundred years before every scroll is translated.

Oct 16, 2023•ctrlcreep

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Hypermorphia

Children born with bones that shift from wood to gold to glass. Blood that turns to sand or molten lead or honey.

Aug 1, 2023•ctrlcreep

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