Ethereal Pastel Love

By saohui Shen

In a world where humanity has abandoned the physical for digital immortality, archivist Maya discovers something impossible: a consciousness living in old newspapers.

Chronicle is made of headlines and memories, obituaries and love stories-a being that exists only in the delicate space between ink and paper. When it manifests a body and takes Maya into its embrace, their love defies every law of the post-human world.

But paper burns. Ink fades. And the government has ordered all physical archives destroyed.

As Chronicle begins to crumble, Maya must choose between eternal digital life and a love designed to decay. In a world obsessed with permanence, she discovers that the most real things are the ones that cannot last.

A transcendent science fiction romance about consciousness, connection, and the beauty of the ephemeral.

Perfect for fans of The Shape of Water, Her, and unconventional love stories that linger in your heart long after the final page.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: B0GNMMF1S7
• ISBN13: 9798248350919
• Release Date: February 2026
• Publisher: Independently Published
• Length: 54 Pages
• Weight: 0.19 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.1" x 6.0" x 9.0"