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Ultramarine
This morning, the last one of my memories had left me. It happened just then. I had my pinch of sunflower seeds, stood by the window to look at the field. Already, the flowers had darkened a shade of blue, barely perceivable on their still pearlescent petals through the telescope. Caught in the act of noticing this change, I realised I don’t remember why I had devised such elaborate method of observing the flowers. Or how I had come to possess this telescope in the first plac
Michelle Yan
Aug 265 min read


The Parallax of Meaning
The government marked the year 2020 for the official start of ‘Digital Death’, a moment when states, corporations and the usual covert intermediaries who live in the vestibule between law and money admitted they could no longer tolerate the unmanaged turbulence of human thought. A coalition formed quietly in an airless White House conference room, rebranded Operation Absolute Semantic Sway . Or as they call it, the Big ASS. On the day of initiation, the expected giants arri
Michelle Yan
Jan 416 min read


We Belong to the Shadows
Fe once told me the stars shine only for the sad creatures. “If you follow the tract,” he said as we crouched behind the hedge, “which...
Michelle Yan
Aug 25, 202510 min read


Word Allergy
“Leave this house,” said Jenny whilst leaning against the doorframe. Her voice was soft and whispering; each syllable was carefully...
Michelle Yan
Aug 19, 202516 min read


The Water Remembers Being the Body
The first place it happened was Lake Päijänne in Finland. It was a normal afternoon in mid-June, where a fisherman - Veikko Saarni, 79,...
Michelle Yan
Aug 4, 202510 min read


Death, Three Times
Death/ dɛθ/noun. The ending for a biological organism, which will happen after being announced three times at the funeral. -Imaginary...
Michelle Yan
Jul 31, 202516 min read


In the Neck of Time
Neck / nɛk / noun A biological tunnel on animated beings for time to birth emotions -Imaginary definition from a non-existent dictionary...
Michelle Yan
Jun 5, 202517 min read


Gap
Gap /ɡæp/ noun A negative space, mapped on a white, non-linear, circular construction of time. -Imaginary definition from a non-existent...
Michelle Yan
Apr 30, 202516 min read
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