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ABSTRACTION
By Daniel Silvas
In a bleak city divided between emotionless "Greys" and exploited "Feelers," a jaded thrill-harvester uncovers a conspiracy to synthesize emotion, forcing him to lead a desperate revolt to save his friends and the last remnants of humanity.
SYNOPSIS:
Abstraction: A digitized strip to capture emotion.
This story centers on NEIL, a jaded "Feeler" who makes a dangerous living by enduring extreme risks like a high-speed motorcycle run or a free-solo climb to harvest "Thrill" for the emotionless "Grey" elite. His world is governed by one rule: Survive. That rule is broken when his roommate and "chosen brother", TIM, vanishes after taking a suspicious in-person job harvesting "Outrage".
Neil's desperate search puts him on a collision course with 49679, a ruthless "Grey" executive obsessed with creating synthetic emotions to make the "problematic" Feelers like Neil extinct. Hunted, broke, and facing eviction, Neil is forced to team up with LILITH, a "Feeler" whose empathy is her greatest strength , and her "Grey" sister, JUDITH, a brilliant, but physically disabled, analyst who proves to be the key to toppling the system from within.
Their journey culminates in a two front war: a bloody, city-wide protest fueled by harvested "Outrage", and a desperate infiltration of 49679's tower. As the city burns, Neil and Lilith must fight their way to the top, not just to save Tim, but to destroy the lab that will end their kind. In the strike’s sacrifice a new discovery is made: emotions can be weaponized, and the "Death" abstraction is the ultimate killer against their “Grey” oppressors.
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Daniel Silvas This has a really strong sci-fi core, Daniel. The idea of emotions becoming commodified and harvested as resources immediately creates a world that feels both futuristic and disturbingly believable. “Thrill,” “Outrage,” and especially “Death” as abstractions are genuinely memorable concepts.
What stood out most to me is that beneath the dystopian setup, the story seems rooted in something very human: connection, empathy, survival, and identity. Neil, Tim, Lilith, and Judith all sound like they occupy different emotional and ideological corners of the same broken society, which gives the world more dimension than just a simple “rebels vs system” narrative.
I also like that the conflict operates on both a personal and societal scale finding Tim becomes tied to the collapse of an entire emotional economy. That’s the kind of escalation sci-fi thrillers need.
Tonally, it feels like a blend of cyberpunk noir and emotional dystopia, with themes that could resonate strongly right now given how disconnected and emotionally manipulated modern society can already feel.
Definitely sounds ambitious in a good way.