Spreadsheet Cultists
Absurd corporate ritual is pitted against anarchist rebels in this sharp satire of techno culture
In 2393, world peace has been achieved, climate change stopped, cancer cured, and it's all thanks to AI. But when it comes to survival, the odds are stacked in against anyone with less than a few million shares of Red or Blue, the last corporations still standing.
Gangs own the streets. The lucky survive on scams. Most rent out their brains to the corporations—as cheap processing power. For Elton Gaius, a college dropout, a stroke of luck lands him a job with PEEG, a secretive private policing subsidiary of Red. It’s more than just a job—it’s a ticket out of destitution.
Armed with cheap, half-baked AI, Elton must navigate a minefield of glitchy tech and ludicrous office politics. It’s a gamified world where the incompetent get promoted and the efficient get axed. But as Elton digs deeper into his role, he realizes that he’s just another pawn in a much larger, more dangerous game.
As his partner, Rose, conspires with a rebel militia to bring down the corporate overlords, Elton finds himself torn between loyalty, survival, and the chance to change the world.
If you’re ready to explore a dystopia where reality is as twisted as the tech, Spreadsheet Cultists is your next must-read
"24th-century capitalism and life-draining technology have perfected a deeply dispiriting dystopia, but radical hope is still hard to kill, in Spreadsheet Cultists by Dane Sullivan, a prescient but ominous work of speculative fiction. When a half-educated machine intelligence engineer gets scooped up into the inner workings of a corporate police state, it's a job that could dramatically change his life, but also an opportunity for rebellion from within the belly of the beast. A savage satire of contemporary society and the dangerous path of technological dependence, convenient fascism, and humanity as an expendable resource, this cerebral piece of dystopian fiction shines an incisive allegorical light on the very real potential for a grim and greedy future."
Self-Publishing Review, ★★★★
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A Collection of Short Stories
The future waits for no one
An almost comically dark outlook on the path of technology's development
Original, Cynical and Deep. These short sci-fi stories don't just flirt with darkness; they embrace it, melding classic science fiction wonder with dark humor and cyberpunk grit.
Dive into the unfathomable. Dystopian futures bleed into alien landscapes, while humanity's flaws weave through each tale's fabric. It’s a journey through the twisted labyrinths of the mind, narrated with a mastery that chills to the core.
Witness worlds where the obsolete toil and AI overlords reign. Places where the fight for autonomy is not just against alien invaders but also against the cold logic of machines. These are stories of resistance, of the undying human spirit grappling with an ever-evolving universe.
Sometimes haunting, sometimes hilarious. Dane Sullivan's sci-fi collection is your portal to the other side of imagination—a relentless crash course for those who seek to explore the shadows of what might be.
The Mischievous Misadventures of
Mary Kha: Nursery Rhymes of Revolution
A delightful allegorical retelling of the history of greed that brought about the modern distopia
Mary Kha's quest to buy a tricycle spirals into a globe spanning regime which uses everything from propped up dictators to financial propaganda to fulfill her unyielding thirst for MORE.
Dane Sullivan's unique brand of dark poetry is whimsically blunt, and adopts the style of children's rhymes to explain the history of corruption and greed which underpins most of modern human society.
