{"product_id":"the-sodium-curtain-and-other-broken-realities-9798231209156","title":"The Sodium Curtain and Other Broken Realities","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): Cody Poston\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: Toley Press\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: Toley Press\u003cbr\u003e • BISAC: Science Fiction - Humorous\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eA surreal, darkly funny collection of sci-fi satire and absurdist short fiction.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe Sodium Curtain and Other Broken Realities is a new Dystopocon anthology from Cody Poston, featuring seventeen stories where dark humor, speculative fiction, and satire collide. Each piece begins with something ordinary-a work meeting, a childhood memory, a broken appliance-and spirals into a world that's stranger, sharper, and uncomfortably honest.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eInside these pages you'll find humorous science fiction, satirical sci-fi short stories, absurdist speculative fiction, and dark humor threaded through every surreal detour.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eStories include: \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIt's Easy Being Green - a fallen mascot reimagined as a fading celebrity trying to outrun his own myth.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSome Assembly Required - workplace romance and corporate nonsense collide in a lab built on bad decisions.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eLux and the Sleeping Star - a cosmic fable about loss, loyalty, and the fracture lines between worlds.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThunderTalk Ep.139 - Gilman - a paranormal radio broadcast that's equal parts hilarious and haunting.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCHiPs Happens - a cop drama unraveled into spectacular, genre-breaking chaos.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe Aquarium Broke, and So Did Time - a surreal workplace disaster that bends reality and pushes one employee too far.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePOWNED: Starch, Sovereignty, and the Sodium Curtain - a snack-food rebellion that becomes a national crisis.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTalking cats, imaginary friends, cosmic anomalies, bureaucratic nightmares, and cryptids with microphones-these aren't escapes from reality. They're new ways of seeing it.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePerfect for readers of Black Mirror, Kurt Vonnegut, weird fiction, surreal humor, workplace satire, and humorous science fiction short stories.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Toley Press","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":47574742040727,"sku":"9798231209156","price":1229.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9798231209156.webp?v=1774896230","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/the-sodium-curtain-and-other-broken-realities-9798231209156","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}