Hi friends! I cleared this with the subreddit mods first, and I’d like to share a short story entitled "The Year of the Comma". It's a near-future speculative fiction piece, drenched in satire. At one point last year I might have called it dystopian, but I fear it's no longer fanciful enough as too many of the background details have recently come true. At any rate, fans of Crichton's "The Andromeda Strain" will no doubt spot the homage baked into the overall narrative structure, as well as at an on-the-nose Sterno reference. I hope you find it enjoyable yet ominously topical.

Hi friends! This is the second story in the continuing saga of Sam Pleng, which is to say it’s a follow-up to The Year of the Comma (check that one out first if you haven’t already). Thank you as always!

Hi friends, I’d like to share a short story I’ve written, entitled "The Year of the Comma". It's a near-future speculative fiction piece, drenched in satire. At one point I might have called it dystopian, but I fear it's no longer fanciful enough. At any rate, fans of Michael Crichton's "The Andromeda Strain" will no doubt spot the on-the-nose homage, and sundry others might still like it anyway. I hope you find it enjoyable yet ominously topical.