Thank You For Joining the Algorithm

Book excerpt: DEATH TO THE ROBOTS! This Zero Issue of Tenebrous' upcoming quarterly magazine has arrived to wrest the controls of artistic endeavor from the clutches of A.I. thieves and restore it to the rightful hands of human creators. This collection of Sci-Horror short fiction, comics, poems, and art celebrates the connection between humanity and creativity in the face of ever-increasing pressure to submit to the inevitability of algorithmic dominion. **Profits from sales of THANK YOU FOR JOINING THE ALGORITHM go to the Algorithmic Justice League and the European Guild of Artificial Intelligence Regulation.** Table of Contents: SHORT FICTION: “The Android & Esmel” by Marcy Arlin “Chimera” by Edward Barnfield “TELL ME ABOUT YOUR SYMPTOMS” by Caleb Bethea “Please Rate Your Experience From 1-10” by Michael Boulerice “Filtered” by Koji A. Dae ”The Grid” by Beth Dawkins “Philanderer” by Monica Joyce Evans “Wound Together” by gaast “The Grin of the Ministry” by Colin Hinckley “Schroedinger's Head” by Joe Koch “The Price of Pancakes” by Michael A. Reed “Iago v2.0” by Karlo Yeager Rodríguez “I've Got My Love to Keep Me Warm” by Jill Tew “Requiem Shark” by Kay Vaindal “The Bodiless” by Carson Winter POETRY & WEIRD FORMS: “Rent-A-Baby: Content Without the Commitment” by Lyndsey Croal “do not trust the poet what has the poet ever done for you” by luna rey hall “CyberBerry” by Eva Papasoulioti “A Face-Eating Oracle Envisions Your Future” by Simo Srinivas COMICS: “I’m not a robot” by Aster Fialla “Spare Parts” by Caitlin Marceau ADDITIONAL ART: Janice Blaine Jonathan La Mantia Samir Sirk Morató Helen Whistberry Plus a LOGIC PUZZLE created by Arkylie Killingstad. Cover art by Becca Snow. Edited by Cameron Howard. Editor in Chief: Alex Woodroe.