THE PRELUDE TO TERRA INCOGNITA (A NEON-NOIR SCI-FI ANTHOLOGY)
Nuclear Winter (Radioactive Cut)
I had a nightmare that you and I were particles suspended in the air, after a falling out as if the sun had burst during the most nuclear of winters.
Nuclear Winter
(The prelude to Terra Incognita)
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WILLIAM BLUE
(Yawns)
What time is it?
Holy shit
I’m waking up to a world
That is broken
I had a nightmare
That you and I were particles
Suspended in the air
After a falling out
As if the sun had burst
During the most
Nuclear of winters
Colder than the
Cruelest summer I know
Yeah
What is a nuclear winter anyway?
I don’t know
One thing I do know though
It’s that this world is broken
And I don’t know how to fix it
I had a nightmare
That nobody cared about each other
And only looked out for they and
Themselves like non-binary pronouns
Yo, you know what I mean?
Mm-hmm
Some say they can’t imagine
A world without humans
But I think about it involuntarily
All of the time
You know, like Dr. Manhattan
Throwing up a hissy fit
A walking, talking nuclear nihilist
Or a, you know, stallion leading us
Into a hot girl summer followed by the
Coldest of nuclear winters
What does that even mean anyway?
I don’t know
But, uh, hey
Dr. MLK JR…
How’s that for a civil rights speech?
You still dreaming?
Me too
Hey
Why did the government ban dreaming?
I don’t know
Maybe they’re just assholes
Or something
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Sleep with one eye open
And one ear to the ground because
My pineal gland is as
Hard as a motherfucking
Ham and pineapple
Pixel on a television screen
On a film that is my life, and
I wonder why I no longer dream
In vivid Technicolor
You see
My life used to be in Ultra-HD
But now it’s all voodoo magic
And who you doing curses to?
You remind me of the babe
Who liked to dance with
Spiders on Mars
Like Mr. Stardust
First name Ziggy
You might know him
But me, though?
I’m nobody
I’m no one
Actually, I am Groot
I am Groot
I am Groot
We are all Groot, yes
You too… listener
Plot twist of the century
I just broke that fourth wall
Like I was Groot punching
A hole through the system
Am I right, James Gunn?
Yeah
Just kidding, I’m actually
Just William James Blue Sky
But you can call me “William Blue”
For short, or “William”
I’m from Aurum City, California
The city of dreams
Come visit me
A portal will open
Permanently sometime in 2023
Uh, either a yellow brick road or a
Gumroad or somewhere
Similar — similar to that
Or, you know, uh…
Uh-la-la-la-la-la
I just stuttered
Just babblin’ now
Babbling like a baby
Like a baby from Babylon
Am I right, Lady Gaga?
Rah-rah-rah-rah-raaah
uhHhhhHhhHhh
Uh
The tree of life grows through my
Mind’s eye and my
Mind’s throat, and every
Turtle chakra down the line
Thereafter, forever after and beyond
To infinity and back, alley-oop
Around the moon and shoot a
Viet Congo drum like
Edward Blake Griffin
Ha! Ha! Ha!
It’s just jokes
Am I right, Mr. J?
It’s all a joke, a cosmic joke, and
We are all in on it
Inside of it, outside of it
On either side, on all sides
On many sides, on polygons and
Pentagons and fractal octagons
And hourglasses
We all just forgot that we were in this
Cosmic drama, this…
Cosmogramma
Am I right, Flying Lotus?
And every lotus, every other kind of
Lotus that the Buddhists like to talk about
Or did they ever — did they even talk?
Did Buddha even say a single word
During any of his TED Talks?
I forgot — I just forgot
I just know I was there
I was there
That was like 15 years before
I was swallowed by that fucking whale
That titan of a whale
Yeah, I was drinking some Jäger
And that titan attacked me from behind
Then it reminded me, once I was inside
Its belly that I am also a titan
And my name is, my name is — wait
I forgot…
What am I talking about?
I forgot
What?
What did I forget?
I don’t remember
I just remember, like
I’m looking at — ah
I guess, I’m closing my eyes and
I’m trying to remember this dream
That I just woke up from
Before I came back into this
Broken and yet beautiful world
I remember seeing so many
Worn out faces and worn out places
And — oh my God
Cities reduced to rubble
In terms of a nuclear war?
And even Dr. Manhattan couldn’t stop it?
Oh my God
How terrifying
Oh, I’m having a panic attack
Somebody help me
I’m in a white and dark
Black-and-white room
And I can’t name anything
Around that I see or hear
I can’t hear anything
I have no eyes, and I must roll them
I have no mouth, and I must scream
I’m not even talking right now
My mouth is stitched shut because
Stitched shut because
It’s stitched shut because
It’s stitched shut because
It’s stitched shut because
It’s stitched shut because
I’m in an
Infinite time loop and
I don’t know how to get out of here
I’m a celebrity… get me out of here, please
I’m a celebrity… get me out of here, please
Do I have to flush this toilet again?
Do I have to give myself a swirly?
And like… like I’m going through
A portal like Michael Jordan in Space Jam
Or something?
Jesus Christ
How long is this song gonna be?
(He’s going crazy, man)
(I know, but…)
How long is this rapper gonna spend on the intro?
(Should I talk to him?)
(Yo)
The intro to Terra Incognita
(William)
(Shh, go go go…)
Or a prelude or something like that
(William, this is Future William)
Wait, where’s my underwear?
(I’m with Damon and Grenadine right now)
I’m nude right now
(We’re-we just wanna make sure you’re OK)
Am I gonna take a cold shower?
(Y-you seem like you’re-you’re stressed)
Feels like you’re supposed to take a
Cold shower
(Like you forgot about)
Guys, I’m looking in the mirror
(The tricks that we do)
And I can’t go through the portal
(When we travel between worlds)
In the mirror
(Under the covers)
This is not a lucid dream
It can’t be
I know how these work, guys
(Want some juice, my dude?)
(Listen…)
Oh, shit, that’s cold
Oh, that’s cold
Oh, okay
Alright
Alright, get into it for them?
Alright, DVN
Worn out faces and worn out places
See through the flat circle of time
And whenever I rhyme
It’s a wormhole
In the bottomless pit
At the center of an origami paper
Folded into a fortune teller
As if destiny is real, am I right?
Destiny?
What a sick joke
What a sick joke that is
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I had a nightmare
That you and I were particles
Suspended in the air
After a falling out
As if the sun had burst
During the most
Nuclear of winters
Colder than the cruelest summer
I know
I had a nightmare
That nobody cared about each other
And only looked out for they and
Themselves like non-binary pronouns
Yo, you know what I mean?
Mm-hmm
Some say they can’t imagine
A world without humans
But I think about it involuntarily
All the time
You know, like Dr. Manhattan
Throwing up a hissy fit
A walking, talking nuclear nihilist
A hot girl summer followed by
The coldest of nuclear winters
How’s that for a civil rights speech?
What do you think,
Martin Luther King Jr.?
You still dreaming?
Me too
Why did the government ban dreaming?
Sleep with one eye open
And one ear to the ground
Because my pineal gland is hard as a
Motherfucker
And I can no longer dream
In vivid Technicolor
You see
My life used to be in Ultra-HD
But now it’s all voodoo magic
And voodoo curses
Contained within the seeds of a plant…
The tree of life grows through
My mind’s eye and
My mind’s throat, and my
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Terra Incognita is the upcoming debut novel by Canadian writer Jonah Angeles.
The story centers around special agent Parker Shiro, who is tasked with the undercover investigation of Aurum City, an isolated “smart city” located in the Californian desert — blocked off from the world by four gold walls and an artificial sky.
When an extraction mission goes wrong, Parker must find his own way back to the outside world, all while navigating an uprising that threatens to swallow the city up whole.
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The novel will be released in three separate installments on Gumroad and Amazon.
Book I: A Tale of Two Synchronicities will be released some time in 2024.
Stay tuned for more updates.
Read the official announcement below.
The novel’s soundtrack is available to stream on Spotify.
Nuclear Winter (Radioactive Cut) is now available on streaming services.
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