
The Lucid Dreams of Andy Bandit
by Nigel Mellor

Andy wants two things: a PhD and a real girlfriend – he never expects to put the whole world in peril. His lucid dream headset fulfils every urge. But when he enhances it with artificial intelligence, the highly addictive machine, needed by powerful organisations, unleashes his turbocharged shadow side. Andy slides into incel isolation. Maggie and a monk try to save him. In a psychic confrontation on a cliff top, Andy must choose: destroy the technology, or let his darkness reshape humanity.