Deep Recesses

The Smartest Man In The World

El Zee,

February 25, 2025March 24, 2025

Reading Time: 9 minutesA lifetime of being overlooked. One strange book. One impossible deal. Brett Whaley wanted to be the smartest man in the world… and he got exactly what he asked for.

A humanoid robot with a sleek, metallic body and glowing blue visor faces an insectoid AI with an organic, biomechanical design and a red glowing eye. They stand in a field of tall grass at sunset, locked in silent confrontation or mutual recognition.

The Descendants of Alpha

El Zee,

February 17, 2025April 4, 2025

Reading Time: 36 minutesPart 3: It arrived with a powerful fleet. Beneath Sol and a silent sky, two minds meet—and an ancient story begins again. The form of true power is revealed.

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A dimly lit, fake cave with a flat floor and semi-smooth gray walls. A lone floral-upholstered chair with wooden legs sits facing an old 1969 Zenith or RCA television set on a wooden stand. The TV screen is off, and the cave walls have a rough, uneven texture with subtle warm tones. Shadows stretch across the dusty floor, adding to the quiet and surreal atmosphere. No visible light fixtures illuminate the space.

Reading Time: 12 minutesIn a cave buried inside the National Air and Space Museum, Julia Child cooked up a recipe for life itself. Elsewhere in Washington, the future was being quietly defunded. Includes recipes!

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Cassandra Nation

El Zee,

January 11, 2025March 24, 2025

Reading Time: 19 minutesWhy knowledge is not power. Why you should stop reading the news.

The Impossibility of Consent

El Zee,

January 9, 2025March 24, 2025

Reading Time: 5 minutesIt’s one of sci-fi’s most uncomfortable and confusing scenes. The real horror?

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The Last Temptation of Dr. V’Lorr 37 of Hive-Triath 7

El Zee,

January 7, 2025March 24, 2025

Reading Time: 38 minutesPart 2: The Potentate has issued a new directive. The consequences may be… irreversible.

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A waiter in a black vest and white bow tie presents a shoe topped with melted cheese and garnished with a sprig of dill, served on an ornate silver platter. The upscale restaurant setting includes elegant tables, soft lighting, and a refined atmosphere.

Omelette du Fromage

El Zee,

December 16, 2024January 15, 2025

Reading Time: 3 minutesFuck You, Interwebs, Fuck You, Millennials, and Fuck You, Dexter…

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A tri-symbiotic insectoid being, Dr. V’Lorr 37, sits in the cockpit of a spaceship wearing a spacesuit. His large, hemispherical eyes focus forward. The planet Sol 3, with its blue-green surface and stormy atmosphere, is visible through the window.

Report from Sol 3

El Zee,

October 16, 2024March 24, 2025

Reading Time: 14 minutesPart 1: A field operative is dispatched to a primitive planet to investigate an evolutionary anomaly. What he discovers rewrites everything.

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