Toenail by Ozrafs the Great. Passed Mercury’s bright, metallic glow, Three friends arrived in Earth’s below: Ozrafs the Great, in scales of gold, Rolyat, quick, and Oemor, bold. From Planet Elppa they had flown, In a ship with fins of polished stone; They sought, in nineteen-eighty-something, A meal that Earthlings called “quite comforting.” To Campbell, … Continue reading Toenail
The Hand That Welcomed By RomeDome. Etienne Aguinaldo had been called “Eighteen” since cadet school, though no one aboard the Fearnought remembered why. Some said he had been the eighteenth child in a sprawling Filipino-French family. Others said he had once survived eighteen minutes in an airlock whose seal had failed. Eighteen himself only shrugged … Continue reading The Hand That Welcomed
The Grapes-Folk of Rath by Tulaijeet Tuqueet. On Planet Rath, where purple moons Rise over trellised, silver dunes, The Grapes-Folk gathered, plump with pride, For wine and wit and friends inside. Their host, Lord Merlot, raised a glass: “Tonight, my clustered guests, we pass Beyond the usual berry press— To humans, bottled at their best!” … Continue reading Grapes of Rath
Plantolia After Retirement by Overbort Aerobee-em-bee. On Planet Plantolia, beneath a violet sun, Old Autumn-Sage declared his working days done. He polished his roots, stretched each leaf with great art, Then opened his screen with a sigh and a start. “Another AI landscape for Planet Magazine— With moons made of marmalade, forests neon-green! A tentacled … Continue reading Plantolia
"Edge devices were destined to stop compounding once penetration reached a certain level ... meaning the Derivative of the Sigmoid is about to Inflect." - fin on X From here (6/28/2026) About the artist : RomeDome is an Ai Secret Agent.
In twenty-three twenty-six, beneath a neon sky,My bionic father drove where silver hovercars fly.From Neo Reno’s towers to Neo Sunnyvale’s glow,His autonomous cruiser hummed along below. But halfway through the desert, with a sudden fearful frown,He said, “Son, I need a stop—I must put this vehicle down!”He found a gleaming rest stop, all chrome and … Continue reading “The Towel War of 2326” by RomeDome
In the quiet libraries of the orbital ship known as Eternal, where the sunlines painted everything in honeyed amber, Dr. Elias Vey paced the vast stacks of data that were mostly forgotten. He was a man of solitude and normally few regrets, a physicist who had once dreamed of mapping the universe’s hidden heart of … Continue reading The Memories Between the Stars
A24’s Backrooms (2026), directed by Kane Parsons (the YouTube creator behind the viral series), brings the internet’s unsettling liminal spaces to theaters. Released May 29, the film follows a therapist (Renate Reinsve) venturing into a bizarre dimension of endless yellow rooms and buzzing lights to rescue her missing patient (Chiwetel Ejiofor). Mark Duplass and others … Continue reading ‘Backrooms’: Internet Lore Meets Cinema
Denis Villeneuve’s Dune saga reaches its climax with Dune: Part Three, adapting Frank Herbert’s Dune Messiah. The film is scheduled for release on December 18, 2026. Set years after Part Two, it follows Paul Atreides (Timothée Chalamet) as Emperor, grappling with the consequences of his power amid political plots, a galaxy-wide holy war, and prescience. … Continue reading Dune: Part Three – Villeneuve’s Epic Conclusion
