The Sodium Curtain and Other Broken Realities

<p><strong>A surreal darkly funny collection of sci-fi satire and absurdist short fiction.</strong></p><p>The Sodium Curtain and Other Broken Realities is a new Dystopocon anthology from Cody Poston featuring seventeen stories where dark humor speculative fiction and satire collide. Each piece begins with something ordinary-a work meeting a childhood memory a broken appliance-and spirals into a world that's stranger sharper and uncomfortably honest.</p><p>Inside these pages you'll find humorous science fiction satirical sci-fi short stories absurdist speculative fiction and dark humor threaded through every surreal detour.</p><p>Stories include:</p><p>It's Easy Being Green - a fallen mascot reimagined as a fading celebrity trying to outrun his own myth.</p><p>Some Assembly Required - workplace romance and corporate nonsense collide in a lab built on bad decisions.</p><p>Lux and the Sleeping Star - a cosmic fable about loss loyalty and the fracture lines between worlds.</p><p>ThunderTalk Ep.139 - Gilman - a paranormal radio broadcast that's equal parts hilarious and haunting.</p><p>CHiPs Happens - a cop drama unraveled into spectacular genre-breaking chaos.</p><p>The Aquarium Broke and So Did Time - a surreal workplace disaster that bends reality and pushes one employee too far.</p><p>POWNED: Starch Sovereignty and the Sodium Curtain - a snack-food rebellion that becomes a national crisis.</p><p>Talking cats imaginary friends cosmic anomalies bureaucratic nightmares and cryptids with microphones-these aren't escapes from reality. They're new ways of seeing it.</p><p><strong>Perfect for readers of Black Mirror Kurt Vonnegut weird fiction surreal humor workplace satire and humorous science fiction short stories.</strong></p>