Planets Above & Below: Eye Wreck Tricks

Meet Captain Rectrix, a disgruntled, lab-created rogue armed with the Matter Scrambler—a god-like device capable of mastering atomic structure and bending reality to his every whim. Driven by a deep resentment and a desire for revenge against the cosmic confines of Matter and Time, Rectrix wanders the galaxy inflicting his bitter, chaotic will on whoever crosses his path.

But this isn't your standard tale of interstellar vengeance. Rectrix's journey is constantly interrupted by "Nightshades"—overwhelming, sensory-rich projections of fragmented memories, brutal galactic wars, and unpredictable precognition. To pass his immortal, agonizingly boring days, he authors a bizarre nested narrative following two surrogates: Alpho, a mind-hopping navigator who can jump into energy lines to possess his enemies, and Rayblaze, a genetic manipulator obsessed with endlessly reduplicating his own body to achieve eternal anonymity.

Darkly humorous, intensely philosophical, and gleefully grotesque, this sci-fi chronicle explores the heavy burden of immortality, the futility of existence, and the bizarre extremes of biological evolution. Prepare to have your matter served scrambled.