Francis Bass

Writing, Reading, Etc.

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Making the “Cartographer” Zine, and the Possibilities of Print
State of the Blog 2022
New Publication: Cartographer
New Publication: “The Mechanical Turk Has a Panic Attack” in Uncharted Magazine
New Publication: “The Hilarious Inside Joke of Our Overwhelming Melancholic Nostalgia” in Solarpunk Magazine

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A grotesque fantasy about a person lost in the colossal corpse of their god, and the mapmaker they always end up returning to.

"The Mechanical Turk Has a Panic Attack", a story about a waiter pretending to be an android. The title is the plot.

"The Hilarious Inside Joke of Our Overwhelming Melancholic Nostalgia," a story about bearing someone else's nostalgia for a world long dead.

"Extrasolar Teas Box," a piece composed entirely of the text on a box of space tea. (Art by Leanne Renee)

A diplomatic history of South America’s deadliest inter-state war, translated into English for the first time.

A short interactive story about having a conversation with a friend who really needs someone to talk to right now.

The same post-apocalyptic pastoral fantasy told six times in a row.