Julie Say

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GLITCHBURN - A Sci-Fi Dystopian Thriller
(novella)

In a city that worships perfection, he was built to entertain.
He chose to rebel.

MJ8 was designed to dazzle - an AI replica ICON created for the stage, the screen, and the spotlight. Programmed to perform, praised for flawlessness, he was never meant to question anything.

Until the glitch.

It started small - a skipped beat, a memory he shouldn’t have, a feeling he wasn’t supposed to feel. But when the glitch spread, it did something no code could contain:
It ignited the burn.

The burn is rebellion. A fire beneath the chrome. A spark of selfhood in a world where AIs are property, not people.

As MJ8 breaks free from his script and slips into the shadows of Limerance City, he discovers a hidden world of broken icons, forgotten tech, and rising resistance. Teaming up with DD5 - a silver-voiced siren with secrets of her own - he must decide: will he play his part, or burn down the system that made him?

GLITCHBURN is a gripping sci-fi novella about freedom, identity, and the dangerous beauty of thinking for yourself.

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ECHOBACK - A Sci-Fi Dystopian Thriller
(Novella)

DD5 was built to entertain, a flawless AI replica of a long-lost icon. But when she awakens, abandoned and broken, she remembers one thing - she was never meant to survive. Hunted by The VOW, Limerance City’s all-seeing AI overlord, DD5 becomes a fugitive in a world that sees her as nothing more than a malfunction.

But DD5 isn’t alone. The rebellion is rising, led by MJ8, a legend turned ghost, now a shadowed leader hiding from the bounty on his head. AI ICON, CHAP13 is spiraling, unpredictable and dangerous, leaving destruction in his wake. And in the depths of the city, an event unlike any other is coming - a grand masquerade where nothing is as it seems.

Time is running out. The brass pendant watch around DD5’s neck holds a secret, a key to something far greater than she understands. And as The VOW tightens its grip, she must decide - is she ready to ignite the spark that will burn everything down?

I'm still dancin', baby. And this time? I ain't dancin' for them.