welcome.
the fake webpage within this webpage tells the story of a couple vacationing in the michigan countryside. it probably takes place between 2006 and 2011. a sort of millennial-spirited yearning for the boon years of the dot com era. the utopian visions of geocities filtered through a tumblr feed.
an ambient soundtrack should already be playing from the soundcloud embed below. if it isn't you can press play yourself or pause any time. headphones are recommended. as well as viewing this page on desktop or laptop instead of a tablet or mobile device.
if you'd like to listen to the text read aloud by a robot you can do that here (it also includes the ambient soundtrack). if you'd like to experience the piece as a static color PDF you can access one here or static black and white pdf here (they don't include the ambient soundtrack).
well while we're on a roll here's a print ready pdf and .wav files for the ambient soundtrack and the robot book-on-tape version.
enjoy.
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an excerpt from the forthcoming novel Paphos, Child of Zenith; or An Early Evening at Work by paul gonter. with ambient soundtrack by terminal_chastity titled "children of doctors and big pharma execs (4 on vacation)."