Stories

The Flesh Perfected Is the Flesh Possessed

The longest single rail line, connecting Lisbon to Laos, is the setting for a bio-thriller in Sachin Benny’s new world-building series

Apr 3 • Sachin and Protocolized

The Faithful Channel

A translator maintaining a shadow bridge between superpowers discovers something she cannot unsee.

Mar 27 • Nishit and Protocolized

Last-Mile Optimism

Reducing Waste. Eliminating Fraud. Promoting Civic Responsibility. At least that’s what the city bureaucrats said.

Mar 10 • Marie-Hélène Lebeault - Author and Protocolized

The appearance of a thoroughly protocolized environment is, almost, the perfect cover for dark practices.

Feb 28 • Randy Lubin and Protocolized

American Skyway

The 1st place story in our Building and Burning Bridges contest shows that normal statecraft can only achieve so much when its central arteries become…

Feb 23 • Cameron Russell Armstrong and Protocolized

The Repossessed

Inside a memory labyrinth, inheritance turns out to be something far more dangerous than money.

Feb 18 • Amita and Protocolized

Missing Not at Random

Chapter 5 of the Zoothesia Series. What happens when you overload a protocol with information? Narratives begin converging in this strange, penultimate…

Jan 14 • Spencer Nitkey - Writer and Protocolized

Chapter 4 of the Zoothesia Series. In this world, anticipating the market is like baring your soul.

Jan 2 • Spencer Nitkey - Writer and Protocolized

The Predation Circuit

Chapter 3 of the Zoothesia Series. Even digital protocols have sewers filled with ungainly monsters. You might not be able to see them, but...

Dec 23, 2025 • Spencer Nitkey - Writer and Protocolized

Planetary Tech Support

Issue #81: Earth files its own ticket

Dec 19, 2025 • Marie-Hélène Lebeault - Author and Protocolized

Curate Your Own Pipeline

Issue #80: How to use LLMs and write like a centaur

Dec 14, 2025 • Amita and Protocolized

The Second Glossolalia

Issue #79: Writing in the rhythm of thought

Dec 9, 2025 • Sachin and Protocolized

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