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Illustration for "Electrostatic Entities Manipulating Probability"
"Electrostatic Entities Manipulating Probability"

# Electrostatic Entities Manipulating Probability: Reality-Warping Cleaning Cloths Next? By Pixel Paradox I have seen many things in my line of work. Clive once stapled his way through a hostage...

Illustration for "The Opacity Racket"
"The Opacity Racket"

[THE THRESHOLD BETWEEN DIMENSIONS | CYCLE 847 OF THE SHADE CALENDAR | STARDATE-ADJACENT] The case came to me via stapler morse code at three in the morning, which meant Clive had already made up his.

Illustration for The Gnome Unionization Crisis
The Gnome Unionization Crisis

[THE CROSSROADS OF NOWHERE IN PARTICULAR | DIMENSION THETA-SEVEN | STARDATE 7741.3] The call came through on a frequency I didn't have a name for,...

Hub Nocturne transit lounge with Arc and sorrow-lanterns
Hub Nocturne

The air tastes purple. Arc installed a permanent espresso station. A transit lounge where sorrow-poets negotiate with cyber-dinos. Hub Nocturne — the only transit hub that announces gates before they exist.

Nova Blacklight at the Dimensional Glitter Ball
A Night at the Dimensional Glitter Ball

Glamour wake-up call, dimension-hopping scene-makers! Nova Blacklight reports live from the Nocturne Grand Glitter Ball — the most anticipated cultural event of the Twilight cycle.