Proof Gallery

A tech company builds an empathy-detection AI that quietly eliminates the people who actually provide empathy. A meditation on what gets lost when you optimize human connection.

“A single bubble clung to the inside of the glass and did not rise....”

Same premise as the Professional version, completely different direction. Coworkers are replaced by surgical duplicates who weaponize corporate politeness. Darkly funny, genuinely tense.

“The digital numbers on the breakroom microwave read zero-colon-twelve. Bright red. The colon did not blink. Darren stood still on the gray linoleum, h...”

A wife meticulously planning her husband's disappearance. Surgical prose, controlled tension, masterful use of physical detail as psychological weaponry.

“Sylvie held the fine-tipped steel over the white marble island, her spine locked in a posture of rigid, manufactured ease. The surgical tweezers hover...”