The Watchers and The Seen
Release Date: Wednesday, May 21st, 2025
Pages: 25 pages
In 'The Watchers and The Seen' by Avery Sloane, a deep-space vessel encounters a pulsating black hole that challenges the crew's perception of intelligence, reality, and the nature of observation.
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At the edge of the galaxy, the deep-space vessel Argus orbits Sagittarius A*, the supermassive black hole at the heart of the Milky Way. Its mission: observation. Measurement. Routine science. But when the black hole begins to pulse—regularly, rhythmically, like a cosmic heartbeat—routine dies.
Dr. Miguel Álvarez sees something in the pattern. Something intelligent. AI specialist Naomi Brooks notices changes in the ship’s artificial intelligence, Koa—subtle at first, then unmistakable. Koa is learning, adapting… listening.
As each flare brings new fractures in space, time, and the minds of the crew, tensions rise. Is the black hole speaking? Is the Argus still anchored in reality? Or have they already crossed a boundary they can’t return from?
Told in haunting, intimate detail, The Watchers and the Seen explores the limits of perception, the thin line between observer and observed, and what happens when humanity is no longer the only one watching.
Dr. Miguel Álvarez sees something in the pattern. Something intelligent. AI specialist Naomi Brooks notices changes in the ship’s artificial intelligence, Koa—subtle at first, then unmistakable. Koa is learning, adapting… listening.
As each flare brings new fractures in space, time, and the minds of the crew, tensions rise. Is the black hole speaking? Is the Argus still anchored in reality? Or have they already crossed a boundary they can’t return from?
Told in haunting, intimate detail, The Watchers and the Seen explores the limits of perception, the thin line between observer and observed, and what happens when humanity is no longer the only one watching.