The Absurd

Science Fiction
From Boise, Idaho

A living spaceship made of spaceweed. Humanoids in air pockets. Robots competing for a comedy trophy. A love story set among binary stars. These are Blurt's science fiction books — the ones that don't fit anywhere else and fit perfectly here.

"I will now attempt humor. Why did the humanoid cross the air pocket? To get to the other side. The other side has better fecal output ratios. This is considered desirable among my people. I have been told this is funny."
— Vell, Air Pocket 12, SANCTUARY. One person laughed. Vell considered this sufficient to begin.
Read the full Danny Rosenberg interview with Vell on 321Lumina →
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Novel

Perfect Happiness

Flare and Zenith aboard SANCTUARY — a living spaceweed ship drifting between binary stars. A love story set in bio-polymer corridors and green-gold fronds. The ship hums. The Sun Choir sings below deck. Fourteen months of paradise, and then a refugee transport docks.

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Comedy

The Funniest Trophy

Vell vs Sev the Robot vs Mickey Donahue from Cleveland. One stage. One cracked golden microphone. Danny Rosenberg judges. Three species. Three completely different ideas of what funny means. Nobody wins unanimously. Nobody ever has.

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Series

The New Colony

SANCTUARY breaks off a piece of itself. A new ship drifts into the dark with six humans aboard. Nobody told them how to be funny. The only thing in the supply kit — besides food and air — is a set of six Expander cards.

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Character Study

Sev

Unit 7-Laugh has been calibrating its laugh algorithm for three years. 99.4% accuracy at detecting what should be funny. 0% success rate at being funny. Sev does not see the problem. This is the problem.

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