Static in the Dryer

By Michón Neal

Author’s Note: This series is all humans, a rarity in the cuilverse. But this is the cuilverse, so the catch is that neurodiversity-centered humanism has thrived. About a thousand years after the Drone Wars decimated the Earth (there is never just one apocalypse in the cuilverse), humanity has spread out within the heliosphere, and eventually, across the galaxy. It is a place where ads have become so intrusive near-Earth that they literally hurt people, a place where Goggle Universe is king, and where most far-out inhabitants control more than one body.

This is straight neuro-cyber scifi, and features a collaboration between Ripley Santo and myself. (Also, Ripley Santo is me).

This is the beginning of that story...

• Language: English
• Publisher: Michón Neal
• Release date: Sep 4, 2021
• ISBN: 9781005180737

Michón Neal

Who Am I?Since I appreciate full disclosure, I’m letting it all out in the open: I’m Black (with Irish and Cherokee thrown in to fuck things up further), autistic, aromantic, noetisexual (a new term coined by yours truly), demisexual/asexual (though not a celibate one), polyamorous, Relationship Anarchist, autodidact, relationship fluid (an invention of Louisa’s), disabled, single parent, in poverty, kinky switch/Dom/me, assigned female at birth, synesthetic (most notably visual/touch), intersex, genderqueer, Army brat, survivor of several forms of abuse, left-handed, singleish, and pansexual.What Have I Experienced?My disabilities and health conditions consist of endometriosis, Polycystic Ovarian Syndrome, Premenstrual Dysphoric Disorder, cPTSD, dysautonomia, fibromyalgia, eczema, secondary anxiety and depression. I’ve lived in severe poverty for my entire life, including prior, some recent and likely impending homelessness. I’ve had several major surgeries, survived more rapes than I can count, and narrowly escaped stalkers, domestic violence, and murderers. I’ve been writing cuil fiction, my invented intersectional queer and poly genre, for over 16 years. I raise my children non-traditionally with my sister. I’m also a not-quite widow; within months of one another I lost both a former female partner and a current male partner.What Do I Know?I attended many schools, majoring in areas as diverse as Drama, Instrumental Music, Choir, Dance, Aviation Maintenance, Teaching and Technology, Brain and Mind Studies (which includes an in-depth integrated approach to the different disciplines dealing with, well, the mind), Women Gender and Sexuality Studies, Objectivism.Of course, that’s only my education on paper; since the age of 12 or so I’ve also been a voracious self-taught student of history, sexuality, religions, cosmology, philosophy, math, technology; anything that caught my fancy.I spend the majority of my time presently engaging in fleshing out the many corners of the cuilverse (the fictional, intersectional world of my queer, poly characters); writing on Medium or running Postmodern Woman; and providing content for groups such as Intersectional Non-Monogamy (another invention of mine) and a few others of intersectional focus.I’m also a contributor, transcriptionist, social media associate, and speaker for Everyday Feminism; offering a number of courses of varying topics I both have personal and educational experience with. Additionally, I serve as the Digital Content Outreach Coordinator for The Body is Not an Apology.

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