Tagged in

Virtual Reality

Artificial Endings

A collection of stories about the afterlife in a simulated universe.

More information

Followers

2.1K

Elsewhere

More, on Medium

Virtual Reality

Matt Chessen in Artificial Endings

Sep 20, 2016

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…

Matt Chessen in Artificial Endings

Jul 19, 2016

Everyone Is Pretending

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

1 response

Matt Chessen in Artificial Endings

Jan 7, 2016

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…

1 response

Matt Chessen in Artificial Endings

Jan 5, 2016

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…

3 responses

Matt Chessen in Artificial Endings

Dec 8, 2015

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…

37 responses

Matt Chessen in Artificial Endings

Dec 1, 2015

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…

4 responses

Matt Chessen in Artificial Endings

Nov 25, 2015

The Spider

You were murdered. You were walking home from a night out with the girls. They wanted you to take a car, but it was beautiful spring…

Matt Chessen in Artificial Endings

Nov 10, 2015

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…

5 responses

Matt Chessen in Artificial Endings

Nov 6, 2015

Empathy from the Devil

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

3 responses