continued from previous She closed the notebook shut with a single, slow but decisive hand movement. She kept on staring at it for a few seconds, almost in a comatose state, as she tried to wake up from her daydream. How could it be that the entire world was sitting inside a notebook, in a … Continue reading A New Earth – Disaster Gene
continued from previous The city had barely lifted itself out of the flood when the rain begun pummeling it down again. Dangerous rivers were forming in the streets once more, teaming up with the grey sky to compose a picture of a post-apocalyptic urban waterworld. But the downpour didn’t stop some of the last remaining … Continue reading A New Earth – The Revelers
continued from previous “Good morning! Can I show you something?” Michael said to Olivia as she was taking a slow sip of her coffee. She took her time putting down the cup on the benchtop, avoiding to look in his direction. Arms crossed, she got up and followed him to his station. Pausing as she … Continue reading A New Earth – Genesis II
continued from previous “You mean that we’ve crossed the tipping point and into ecosystem self-destruction?” Olivia asked. Her look was one of both astonishment and concern. “In order to create, first you must destroy” John said. “Earth is trying to rebuild the food chain from scratch, while there’s still time and resources. She’s started at … Continue reading A New Earth – Deconstruction
An extremely durable exoskeleton that a mutated form of the Humanity species developed. Due to the significant survival advantages that this exoskeleton initially imparted, the mutant was able to quickly expand across the world, colonising new habitats, replacing wild-type humans and threatening the existence of many other life forms. Eventually humanity became trapped inside its … Continue reading Car
It is a river like no other. Traversing the Earth in a straight line, it has no time for twists and turns, no desire to smell the roses along the way. It only cares about transporting its sad, silent load: not fish, not humans, not even water. It is a river of electronics, clothing and every other gadget … Continue reading The Suez Canal
An imaginary friend. A construct of our ego, desperate to believe that someone is watching, someone actually cares about our existence. God is the personification of the real forces of creation: the stardust, the light, the gravity. God is the excuse to sin: it will all be forgiven, because after all, we are His children. … Continue reading God
The transfer of resources and funds from Earth's Economy into the Human Economy, until the former is depleted and the latter, parasitic one, dies as a result. Profit, the one and only goal of capitalism, is dependent on racism, natural destruction, inequality and exploitation. Capitalism is therefore an oxymoron, because it relies on its eventual … Continue reading Profit
It was the biggest show on Earth as billions around the world gathered around their TVs eager to watch as ancient icebergs slid into the ocean in real time koalas held on to trees in crystal clear resolution as they burned alive and commercials so many commercials so many products to choose from all those … Continue reading Showtime
It’s been a month since they disappeared leaving behind a trail of plastic wreckage dried flesh torn along sharp crevasses and half-broken, half-buried consumer goods now consumed by a new sediment in the planet’s geological history. Like fresh flowers doused in gasoline they waited for the spark to ignite them as they set fire to … Continue reading Plasticene
George Tsakraklides 