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#18: The Master of Go
ANOTHER WORLD ISN'T POSSIBLE
19 Stories in 19 Days
Brendan C. Byrne
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"Abandoned algorithms spawned in cloistered, fetid pools that had once been the walled gardens of industry.
They could compose minimalist atonal scores, write concrete poetry, détourn throbbing pop-ups.
They could play Go."
Audio: Melanie Chilianis
We’re delighted to announce that our short horror flick HER THRESHOLD has been selected for 2025 - a very special film fest for films with no dialogue!
HER THRESHOLD is adapted from ’s story of the same name, and appears in his collection ANOTHER WORLD ISN’T POSSIBLE, published through Wanton Sun in late May. That’s incredible timing - because SHOOSHFEST is screening 15 May.
So if you’re in Sydney that night, come on down to the Paddo RSL at 6.30 and thrill with us to the world premiere of HER THRESHOLD 🩸🩸
Festival site: https://www.shooshfest.com/
Tickets: https://events.humanitix.com/shooshfest-2025
21/04/2025
COVER REVEAL:
Another World Isn't Possible:
Stories by Brendan C. Byrne
Design by Matthew Revert
Coming soon: May 2025
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The stories of Brendan C. Byrne are spinning vortices of uncertainty where the past ceases to exist, the present is a slow burn, and the future is a vision from hell. With apocalyptic lucidity and enervated sarcasm, he summons a timeline you never agreed to live in—yet somehow already do. In Byrne's world, an acid gaze obliterates all hope.
Everyday urban tales on the surface, imperceptibly they turn to darkness. Endings bring no resolution, just a clammy clingfilm of unreality. Byrne's stories linger like static or the taste of metal.
Another world isn’t possible. This is the one we get, and you won’t forget these stories until it ends.
“Just when it feels like the washed up, bloated co**se of genre fiction has wheezed its final breath, here comes this brutal yet poignant collection to gatecrash the funeral and prove us all wrong.”
—Tim Maughan, author of Infinite Detail
“Funny, uneasy, innovative—Brendan C. Byrne’s stories are as unpredictable as they are satisfying. A wild, unexpected, eye-opening ride.”
—Elvia Wilk, author of Oval
“Brendan C. Byrne is unmatched as a writer of scalding, horror-bent science fiction gazing twenty minutes into the future.
—Joanne McNeil, author of Wrong Way and Lurking
“Stories for our precipitous stage of daily existence; fiction that sticks in the mind long after you’ve finished the tale.”
—Jack Womack, author of Ambient, Heathern and Random Acts of Senseless Violence
“Ruthlessly hip, transreal surreal. Worth your time.”
—Rudy Rucker, author of Software, Wetware and Freeware
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