Matt Chessen in Artificial Endings

Dec 8, 2015

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Endless

You were killed suddenly in a car accident at the age of nineteen. You and a group of friends had driven to Nogales from Tucson for an evening…

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Matt Chessen in Artificial Endings

Nov 10, 2015

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A God Alone

You died. You remember it well. You were in the living room playing with your grandchildren when it felt like a horse kicked you in the…

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Matt Chessen in Artificial Endings

Nov 6, 2015

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Empathy from the Devil

After you die, you regain consciousness but have no sensation. All is dark.

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Matt Chessen in Artificial Endings

Sep 27, 2016

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I sent this back in time for you

It is vitally important to your life that you read this, because you’re living in a simulation. In fact, this is the most important thing you’ll ever read. It’s a message to you from your future self.

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Matt Chessen in Artificial Endings

Jan 7, 2016

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Sex Machine

Artificial Endings is a series of short stories about what the afterlife might look like if reality is a simulation. Some endings are…

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Matt Chessen in Artificial Endings

Dec 1, 2015

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The Promise of Life

You open your eyes and see blue sky. You find this odd, because the last thing you remember was drinking a mixture of…

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Matt Chessen in Artificial Endings

Jan 5, 2016

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The Last and Greatest Good

You died. This seems eerily familiar. In fact, it is familiar. You remember dying — a lot. You open your eyes…

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Matt Chessen in Artificial Endings

Jul 19, 2016

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Everyone Is Pretending

The only difference between you and the babbling insane is that you have yours on mute.

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Matt Chessen in Artificial Endings

Sep 20, 2016

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Your Afterlife is on Hold

You remember your last few minutes in the hospital with your family. You closed your eyes, took your last breath…

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Matt Chessen in Artificial Endings

Dec 1, 2015

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No Moral Conflict

You died on the battlefield and you wouldn’t have had it any other way. The arc of your life made total sense really. When you…

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These were the top 10 stories published by Artificial Endings; you can also dive into yearly archives: 2015, 2016.