“She sensed an ending, and she thought that Flint did too. But she also sensed a beginning. The post-pandemic world would continue to unfold in many directions at once—many of them troubling and disheartening, she imagined. She had to counteract even just a fraction of that negative energy.” GovernmentFictionPowerFantasyMysteryLiesUnexpectedDystopianTwistsPlot Turns Author:Amy L. Bernstein
“The crowd, most on the verge of premature middle age, were mainly drinking in intimate pairs, whispering in one another’s ears, laughing, touching. Public intimacy was the new sexy and still carried a whiff of taboo.” FearFreedomMediaSorrowObstaclesManipulationMind ControlBrainwashingGovernment Dictatorship Book:The Potrero Complex Source: The Potrero Complex
“Rags hate clutter the way healthy people hate cancer: it was offensive, invasive, and should be eliminated quickly and surgically.” LoveGovernmentRomanceFictionPowerFantasyMysteryLiesDystopianTwists Book:The Potrero Complex Source: The Potrero Complex
“Journalism…is an unreliable aggregation of belief spaces.” LoveRomanceFearDarkAttitudeMysteryMysteriousJournalismFast PacedGripping Book:The Potrero Complex Source: The Potrero Complex
“I didn’t vomit today. Guess that’s progress. The sadist doesn’t care. Still dizzy, though. Chanelle says I’ll get use to it. She’d know. She’s been here over a year. I don’t see myself lasting that long.” LoveActionScienceDarkFictionMysteryDramaJournalismRealisticPandemic Book:The Potrero Complex Source: The Potrero Complex
“Moments from their life together flickered: their first time making love. Eating pizza on the floor of their city apartment. The way he gently laid his thumb to still her wildly twitching eye. Who was he now? Who was she? What was happening? … Yes, my partner is a thief. A thief in the night.” LoveActionScienceDarkFictionMysteryDramaJournalismRealisticPandemic Book:The Potrero Complex Source: The Potrero Complex
“Missing: A teenaged girl with lanky, blonde hair and a sunburst tattoo on her cheek. The holographic posters, brighter than day itself, lit up the air on every block of Main Street.” LoveActionScienceDarkFictionMysteryDramaRealisticFrighteningPandemic Book:The Potrero Complex Source: The Potrero Complex