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Table of Contents

Prelude: Messiah

Volvox

Mermaid
Fables of the Reconstruction,
Deathbed
94 Megabytes: Breeder
Cascade
Backflash
Maps and Legends
Corpse
Bang
Stickman
An Invitation to Dance
Pixelpal
Third-person Limited
Remora
Firebug
Afterburn
Stockpile
Icarus
Jailbreak
The Next Best Thing
Beachhead
Drugstore
Source Code
Groundswell
128 Megabytes: Hitchhiker
Animal Control
Ghost
Blip
Womb
Eclipse
Monster
Warhorse

Physalia

Zeus
Jiminy Cricket
Footprints
An Archetype of Dislocation
400 Megabytes: Punctuated Equilibrium
Microstar
Matchmaker
Heat Death
Blind Date
Necrosis
Snare
Complicity
Vision Quest
The Algebra of Guilt
Starfucker
Mask
Scalpel
By a Thousand Cuts

System Shutdown

500 Megabytes: The Generals
Sparkler
Decoys
Crucifixion, with Spiders

Anthopleura

Mug Shot
Anemone
Behind the Lines
Spartacus
TursiPops
Terrarium
Soul Mate
AWOL
Scheherezade
Adaptive Shatter
A Niche

Epilog: Sleeping by firelight

Acknowledgements

Notes and References

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