Billionaires are quietly exploding.
No one knows why.
Except maybe the guy from Ohio who accidentally became one.
The ultra-rich are panicking—fasting in salt chambers, hiring mystics, donating fortunes, even staging ‘disinheritance parties.’ None of it is working.
Meanwhile, Steve, a returns clerk at a warehouse in Ohio, wakes up one morning to learn he's now worth over a billion dollars.
He doesn’t want it.
He can’t get rid of it.
He definitely doesn’t want to explode.
A dark, funny, strangely moving speculative fable about wealth, wanting, and the human tendency to fall apart when we get what we asked for.
Perfect for fans of Black Mirror, George Saunders, and stories that begin absurd and end uncomfortably close to true.
Genre: Science Fiction
No one knows why.
Except maybe the guy from Ohio who accidentally became one.
The ultra-rich are panicking—fasting in salt chambers, hiring mystics, donating fortunes, even staging ‘disinheritance parties.’ None of it is working.
Meanwhile, Steve, a returns clerk at a warehouse in Ohio, wakes up one morning to learn he's now worth over a billion dollars.
He doesn’t want it.
He can’t get rid of it.
He definitely doesn’t want to explode.
A dark, funny, strangely moving speculative fable about wealth, wanting, and the human tendency to fall apart when we get what we asked for.
Perfect for fans of Black Mirror, George Saunders, and stories that begin absurd and end uncomfortably close to true.
Genre: Science Fiction
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