Title: System's Out! (first story in The Sunspot Chronicles)
Creator/s: the Inmara Ktletaccete Fenumera
Medium, Genre, and Format: prose, both print and digital versions for purchase, a free version is also available. https://sunspot.world/ , sci-fi
Year Released: hardcopy paper version of just this story came out Sep 2, 2022
Is it long, medium, or short?: long (336 words/over 300 words)
It is for kids, teens, or adults only?: Teens and adults will get the most out of the book.
A cool quote from the work: Have the opening words; " “Metabang, if everyone is genetically engineered, then why are there people like us?”
I was expecting this question. It’s common for Students with major differences from their peers to ask it. I’ve had a lot of Students, and the Pembers were one of the rarest types.
I could tell that it was Myra who had asked the question because of xyr posture, expression, and vocal inflections. The differences were very subtle between xem and xyr other system members, but I’m particularly suited for tracking these things.
Myra continued as if I didn’t already know what xe was talking about, “Why are some people plural and some not? Wouldn’t the Crew make us all singlet?” "
Blurb: "A story about plurality, consciousness, the fight to overcome physical dysphoria, and self advocacy in a world without assigned gender. Also, some good old fashioned wish fulfillment."
Why is it worth your time?: Have you ever wanted to read sci-fi with a central plural and nonbinary characters? Have you wanted to read sci-fi with characters like that that that *isnt* a coming out/discovery story and is BY a transgender plural system explicitly about their system members? Do it! Theres a free version even!
Plural Tags: Temporary Fusion/integration, Introjects, Realitymashing, Otherworld(note- there are instances of a plural character's headspace being put into a digital environment, unsure if this counts as otherworld for that), relationships: community, queerplatonic, teamwork, switching, nonhumans (note- they call themselves humans but they do not look like humans do)
Content Warnings: Quoted from the websites blanket content warning list; " eugenics, suicide, a bombing, descriptions of severe physical dysphoria, dissociation, conflicting needs, possibly messy depictions of various disabilities, cultural amnesia, personal amnesia, social engineering, carceral “justice”, transhumanism, social stratification at birth, explorations of consciousness and self, accidental death, mourning, and the monster from under our bed writ large "
Accessibility Notes: the free version on the website is screenreadable as its html
Misc. Notes (if any): This story is explicitly about the author system heavily fictionalized and put into a science fiction setting. Even if several characters in the book were not plural, its a plural story just because of that. Submitter has only read the first story in the sunspot chronicles in full, and is working through the rest, so only the first has been submitted at this time.
If you want to wait to take the submission until after we read the whole series let us know and we will resubmit when we do!
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Creator/s: the Inmara Ktletaccete Fenumera
Medium, Genre, and Format: prose, both print and digital versions for purchase, a free version is also available. https://sunspot.world/ , sci-fi
Year Released: hardcopy paper version of just this story came out Sep 2, 2022
Is it long, medium, or short?: long (336 words/over 300 words)
It is for kids, teens, or adults only?: Teens and adults will get the most out of the book.
A cool quote from the work: Have the opening words;
" “Metabang, if everyone is genetically engineered, then why are there people like us?”
I was expecting this question. It’s common for Students with major differences from their peers to ask it. I’ve had a lot of Students, and the Pembers were one of the rarest types.
I could tell that it was Myra who had asked the question because of xyr posture, expression, and vocal inflections. The differences were very subtle between xem and xyr other system members, but I’m particularly suited for tracking these things.
Myra continued as if I didn’t already know what xe was talking about, “Why are some people plural and some not? Wouldn’t the Crew make us all singlet?” "
Blurb: "A story about plurality, consciousness, the fight to overcome physical dysphoria, and self advocacy in a world without assigned gender. Also, some good old fashioned wish fulfillment."
Why is it worth your time?: Have you ever wanted to read sci-fi with a central plural and nonbinary characters? Have you wanted to read sci-fi with characters like that that that *isnt* a coming out/discovery story and is BY a transgender plural system explicitly about their system members? Do it! Theres a free version even!
Plural Tags: Temporary Fusion/integration, Introjects, Realitymashing, Otherworld(note- there are instances of a plural character's headspace being put into a digital environment, unsure if this counts as otherworld for that), relationships: community, queerplatonic, teamwork, switching, nonhumans (note- they call themselves humans but they do not look like humans do)
Content Warnings:
Quoted from the websites blanket content warning list; " eugenics, suicide, a bombing, descriptions of severe physical dysphoria, dissociation, conflicting needs, possibly messy depictions of various disabilities, cultural amnesia, personal amnesia, social engineering, carceral “justice”, transhumanism, social stratification at birth, explorations of consciousness and self, accidental death, mourning, and the monster from under our bed writ large "
Accessibility Notes: the free version on the website is screenreadable as its html
Misc. Notes (if any): This story is explicitly about the author system heavily fictionalized and put into a science fiction setting. Even if several characters in the book were not plural, its a plural story just because of that.
Submitter has only read the first story in the sunspot chronicles in full, and is working through the rest, so only the first has been submitted at this time.
If you want to wait to take the submission until after we read the whole series let us know and we will resubmit when we do!