A companion story to Nytho
Coming Soon in Clarkesworld Magazine
Fleshspace is overrated, given the state of the world after the almost apocalypse. So much better to get lost in LANiakea. But Katrin doesn’t just while away the hours in that boundless digital heaven; she goes there with a purpose. Day after day, scene after scene, death after death, she numbs herself to all the possible ends that might claim her. It’s a harmless obsession until Katrin’s strange activities pique the interest of the Headless Hacker, that mysterious figure who haunts LANi’s hollows and is synonymous with fear because, they say, if he touches you, you die. For real. In fleshspace. It’s one death Katrin can’t hope to prepare herself for.