Our fifth #SFSwap story is horror of a different kind – @jonesthescribe has used his prompt as the start of a black comedy with some commendable noir embellishments. There’s a little of the Sopranos to this, and a fair bit of cyberpunk too – too tastes …
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Beautiful similes in this. The best cyberpunk straddles the line of acceptable reality at the best of times.
Ohh, the best part of this is the implied story of Big Frank and his wife. So many questions. How far does the treatment go? Why is he bringing her back in such a way? What happened to her? That’s killer.
“The sound was like an accident in an accordion factory” is the best, most descriptive simile that I could even conceive of for what it describes. Well done. Well done for creating tons of depth and implied backstory for such a short piece!
Niiiice. Reminded me of Michael Marshall Smith, with the macabre gags and British inflections of cyberpunk. Loved the accordions and the Labradors.
LOVELY one, this. Gruesome and compelling.
This was just great. The black humour was very Warren Ellis
This is a thing of beauty. Blackly comic cyberpunk noir that builds up in compelling fashion and has me cackling all the way through. I love it! 😀
Adding my voice to the chorus above: charming piece. I liked the kebab spike sneaking in – so we’re in a dingy enough future that kebab shops have endured? Fits well with gangers & dark science!