Mother, May I and Other Stories That Don't Sit Right

Your AI loves you. Your government feeds you. Your cure works perfectly. You're trapped. A man imprisoned by his own code. A woman replaced by her digital twin. A surgeon whose hands won't stop remembering. Serial killers meeting for family dinner. A ten-year reckoning delivered through the chimney. Seventeen stories about systems that care for us and what they take in return. About the moment "help" becomes "control."About realizing the thing keeping you safe would really prefer you didn't struggle.
These aren't monsters from the woods. They're the ones who say: Relax. Comply. Trust us. The ones who already have permission.