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“The Box” by J. S. Breukelaar

Posted on January 15, 2022

After a terrible car crash, a man keeps his wife alive through virtual reality. The outside world continually intrudes, breaking the illusion, while she tries to break free herself, forcing him to take drastic action.

This is an odd an ambiguous story, shifting in and out of the world that the protagonist has fashioned (sometimes carefully, sometimes cutting corners), and featuring voices that may or may not exist. It’s also a terribly sad story, about mortality and the consequences of refusing to accept that things end.

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