On the Fringes of Reality

Where the ordinary world reveals its true nature

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The Custodian on Reedsy

I’m thrilled to announce that my short story, The Custodian, is featured in the Reedsy Contest, and can be viewed, liked and commented on here.

I’d be delighted if you’d click on the link and read The Custodian. And, if the mood takes you, perhaps you’d ‘like’ it and add a comment. It’s probably around 7 or 8 minutes.

I wrote this story as part of a Reedsy contest, in response to the prompt: “One character is an artificial intelligence. The other is a human being. Your reader must struggle to tell which is which.”

I wanted lots of dialogue in this one, almost like a play. Sometimes you can’t tell which character is speaking which adds to the confusion and tension.

I hope you like it.

A dark server room with towering black server racks lined with glowing red and blue status lights stretching into shadows, illuminated by cold blue emergency lighting from overhead panels, featuring a single empty office chair facing a central control console with multiple monitors, thick cables snaking across the industrial floor, creating an atmosphere of technological isolation and ominous emptiness.

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On the Fringes of Reality is a collection of contemporary horror stories that explore the unsettling spaces where our ordinary world reveals its true nature. Each tale examines the familiar through a darker lens, finding terror in technology, relationships, and the everyday moments that suddenly turn strange.