Reality is glitching. A cat appears.
We are not the user.
We are the product.
And the update failed.
An allegory of algorithms, rituals, and quiet reenchantment — with fur.
"Murakami, Calvino, Deleuze, and Studio Ghibli sharing a bottle of sake while rewriting The Matrix."
— Mad Cat Magazine
"What happens when someone microdoses in a server room, reads Mumford, Gall and Jung to a black cat—while an eavesdropping AI assistant labours to transcribe, then misspells 'mythopoesis'."
— Psychedelics Weekly
"The unauthorized sequel to Systemantics and The Myth of the Machine—ghostwritten by a cat."
— Allegory & Automation: A Journal of Post-Industrial Philosophy
Some books end. This one refuses.
You've entered the DLC. There's no map. The cat may not follow. What follows is a loose appendix of things that didn't quite fit: bonus material, leaked memos, unauthorized interviews, and suspiciously sycophantic press clippings, and whatever else escaped the editorial grid.
The Cat denies everything.
Proceed with mild caution and unregulated curiosity.
Contents include:
All offered without warranty or coherence.
If the Cog begins to hum, exit this page immediately.
These reviews are enthusiastic, entirely fabricated, and probably more articulate than the book deserves.
"The cat is clearly untrustworthy. The cogs are watching you. Read it, but don't think you're safe."
— 1984 (George Orwell)
"A tale so deeply absurd it could only have been written by a cat with a philosophical bent and a grudge against gears."
— From Purr and Punishment
"Terrible way to try to get Banksy to draw a Cat and a Cog on a wall in Lady Thatcher's Finchley Central."
— Art of Tomorrow
"An intriguing distraction. The Megamachine thanks the author for revealing minor inefficiencies in its otherwise perfect design. The cat, however, will be monitored for future thoughtcrime."
— Newspeak Magazine