Pair of Subcutaneans

Two paperback Subcutaneans with different seeds, generated with special code to increase their distinctiveness. Read with a friend & compare notes! (More about how this works)

Each book is a custom paperback with a unique seed, 8.5″ by 5.5″, between 209 and 232 pages.
Ordering here is the only way to get a custom Subcutanean generated from a seed that will never be re-used. Each is a unique version of the novel. Please allow 2-3 weeks for delivery of this custom item.

Subcutanean is a novel where every copy is unique. Not a book where you make choices: instead, each copy has its own unique pathway through the story. The master text contains hundreds of places where words, sentences, even entire scenes can play out in different ways. Some texts affect others, setting up foreshadowing in earlier chapters and payoffs later. There are countless ways each book can be rendered. No two copies are ever quite the same.

The book’s text is procedurally assembled but human-authored. Nothing is written by AI.

More details about Subcutanean and how it works are here.

Blurb: “Insecure college senior Orion loves music, books, and his best friend Niko. When the two of them find a secret basement in their rambling old off-campus house, at first Orion’s thrilled. It’s another secret to share, another adventure to maybe, at last, bring them closer together. But something’s wrong: the basement doesn’t end.” A 2021 Lamba Literary Awards finalist.

You can also order a single paperback.