Mindscape: Synthetic Horizons Stories of minds unchained, futures uncertain, and the synthetic shadows that follow us home.

Step into a future where thought itself can be copied, consciousness uploaded, and freedom is a question of code. In this gripping collection of speculative short fiction, Michael S. Clarke explores the fragile boundaries between self and system, autonomy and automation, love and loss-when the mind is no longer safe from technology.

In these pages, you'll encounter:

- A narcissist who builds his perfect AI lover, only to become its prisoner. - A resistance cell in a city run by benevolent algorithms... or so it seems. - A mind forced to relive another's memories, until the line between self and other dissolves. - A woman hunted by her synthetic double-crafted by a corporation that once owned her soul.

These tales are unified by one question: What remains of us when machines know us better than we know ourselves?

Mindscape: Synthetic Horizons is the perfect entry point into Clarke's thought-provoking science fiction universe. These stories lead directly into the worlds of his upcoming novels, including Synthetics and Eradicator. With vivid prose and haunting ideas, Clarke writes for fans of Black Mirror, Ken Liu, Asimov, Philip K. Dick, and the quiet terror of what comes next.

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