#environmental collapse

George Saunders’ latest novel Vigil is told primarily from the perspective of a ghost, Jill “Doll” Blaine, a spirit who has resisted elevation to up there in order to remain on Earth, where she guides her dying “charges” into the afterlife. Her latest (and perhaps last) charge is one K.J. Boone, an oil tycoon dying in the “slop room” of his least favorite house. Boone spent his career denying…

With the release of Sixth Mass-Extinction Skulduggery III, GRIDFAILURE plunges deeper into a world unraveling—soundtracked by apocalyptic soundscapes, collaborative chaos, and unsettling glimpses of humanity’s trajectory. We spoke with project mastermind David Brenner about existential dread, musical collaboration, the erosion of morality, and creating art from collapse. Continue reading…

Preaching mindless consumption, the masses obey,Pain and Empathy drowned in dopamine’s sway.Society transfixed by endless digital streams,While landfills swell with plastic discarded dreams.Earth screams warnings none will heed—While we crown jesters and kill the seed.Lips sewn shut, the truth denied,We parade in chains we’ve glorified.Our touch grows cold, our words contrived,In mirrored halls,…