The Sodium Curtain and Other Broken Realities

By Cody Poston

A surreal, darkly funny collection of sci-fi satire and absurdist short fiction.

The Sodium Curtain and Other Broken Realities is a new Dystopocon anthology from Cody Poston, featuring seventeen stories where dark humor, speculative fiction, and satire collide. Each piece begins with something ordinary-a work meeting, a childhood memory, a broken appliance-and spirals into a world that's stranger, sharper, and uncomfortably honest.

Inside these pages you'll find humorous science fiction, satirical sci-fi short stories, absurdist speculative fiction, and dark humor threaded through every surreal detour.

Stories include:

It's Easy Being Green - a fallen mascot reimagined as a fading celebrity trying to outrun his own myth.

Some Assembly Required - workplace romance and corporate nonsense collide in a lab built on bad decisions.

Lux and the Sleeping Star - a cosmic fable about loss, loyalty, and the fracture lines between worlds.

ThunderTalk Ep.139 - Gilman - a paranormal radio broadcast that's equal parts hilarious and haunting.

CHiPs Happens - a cop drama unraveled into spectacular, genre-breaking chaos.

The Aquarium Broke, and So Did Time - a surreal workplace disaster that bends reality and pushes one employee too far.

POWNED: Starch, Sovereignty, and the Sodium Curtain - a snack-food rebellion that becomes a national crisis.

Talking cats, imaginary friends, cosmic anomalies, bureaucratic nightmares, and cryptids with microphones-these aren't escapes from reality. They're new ways of seeing it.

Perfect for readers of Black Mirror, Kurt Vonnegut, weird fiction, surreal humor, workplace satire, and humorous science fiction short stories.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: B0G6YM5D23
• ISBN13: 9798231209156
• Release Date: December 2025
• Publisher: Toley Press
• Length: 150 Pages
• Weight: 0.46 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 6.0" x 9.0"