Image description: a digital sketch of an unclothed human curled in the fetal position surrounded by coral-like forms. The forms are comprised mainly of loops with lumpy, blunt points protruding from them. They have a rough texture. One of the points from each loop ends in a sharp end. The human is slim and masculine, with a buzzcut, stretch marks, and top surgery scars. They have their eyes closed with a frustrated expression. End description.
I've been in a creative rut recently. An Unwanted Inheritance has been resisting my writing, and my hands have been struggling to draw. Right now as a fun project I'm working on a speculative biology short story to tide myself over.
I Made a Playlist for You follows a transmasculine student writing a paper on and falling in love with a plural interstellar creature known as The Cluster, Solar Colony, for a school project. The student despises free time, because it leaves him alone with his thoughts. The Cluster, Solar Colony is apathetic toward reproduction and spends their time listening in on human radio signals and singing to themselves.
Speculative biology is something super self indulgent for me, so this will be more of a comfort project than anything serious. Expect weird exophilias, autism, queerness, music pretension, and anxiety. So much anxiety.