«I know!» And she gives me a kiss before leaving.
From the window of our little studio, I see her walking briskly toward the Junction.
The rough little Dalston girl. With her tiny eco designer case and the cargo pants branded Kittesencula.
My bestie. My London.
From the window of our little studio, I see her walking briskly toward the Junction.
The rough little Dalston girl. With her tiny eco designer case and the cargo pants branded Kittesencula.
My bestie. My London.
— Max Gardin, The Flower – The True Story of Chiara and Vallì
The Flower – The True Story of Chiara and Vallì
Science fiction novella | 69.724 characters · 38 pages · 60–80 minutes
Chiara lives through multiple coexisting realities: a family tragedy, the game Zeit, an automated United States, the abuse at the Sin club, a coma, and the Assumption of Mary into the black hole Sagittarius A*.
Through it all, there is only one constant: Chiara and Vallì.
A story of friendship, memory, artificial intelligence, cosmic singularities, trauma and impossible desires.