This was hard to read. The characters of the voices are sinister and in effect making him more vulnerable by creating this narrative where secrecy is required for safety. What they say fits into a narrative that is plausible to Alex, if not to anyone else witnessing this. That brings me to two questions which I'll ask in the group Substack chat.
The mood here made me think of A Scanner Darkly. Nice work!
Thank you! A Scanner Darkly is in my to-read list, but Dick and I are kindred spirits.
After reading this book, Wayback Machine called me “an earthbound Philip K. Dick.”
That's dope!
This was hard to read. The characters of the voices are sinister and in effect making him more vulnerable by creating this narrative where secrecy is required for safety. What they say fits into a narrative that is plausible to Alex, if not to anyone else witnessing this. That brings me to two questions which I'll ask in the group Substack chat.
Oh, so it was a real knock. I thought he was hallucinating the knock on the door because he was expecting them.