A tale of two stars 24 light years apart
Ominous Black hole displaying signs of hostility
Advanced weaponry beyond our ability
Golden aliens arrive with a warning
Threat of extinction a real possibility
The path to hope lies in the Gnosis
Knowledge of space inside and out
An odyssey that transcends chronology
An epic future of tragic calamity
The Fractalcore Mythos is set in an 11-dimensional multiverse:
Dark Dimensions Plane composed of Dark matter and Dark Energy (1-3)
Classical Dimensions Plane, our current dimensions of Baryonic Matter (4-6)
Imaginal Dimensions Plane of mental phenomena, dreams, and psychedelic trips (7-9)
Time (10) Which is relative and flows differently to each spatial dimensional plane.
Infinite(11) A dimension that transcends space-time dimensions and gives rise to all possible universes.
The spatial dimensions are further expanded through Virtual Dimensions that have achieved an advanced Level of Detail Equilibrium known as LODE-VR, or virtual realities with a level of detail and complexity similar to physical realities.
Key Themes
Nanotechnologies include advanced VR/AR and quantum-entangled communications networks, Fractalcore Magick systems, synthetic biology, metamaterials, and novel psychedelics.
Time dilation and distortions, characters learn to travel across the various planes of existence with relativistic effects. For example, a psychedelic trip that feels like years pass on the imaginal plane while only hours pass on the classical plane.
Multi-planetary Superorganisms and eventually Galactic-scale organisms.
Chaos theory and game theory, depth psychology, and occult philosophy.
Posthumanism and technologically modified entities.
Key Genres and Influences
Fractalcore synthesizes dark fantasy, cosmic horror, nanopunk, and psychedelic surrealism. Magical realism with a satirical undercurrent. Some influences are Final Fantasy, Matrix, Ghost in the Shell, Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas, A Scanner Darkly, Blade Runner, Cormac McCarthy novels and movies (The Road, No Country for Old Men, Blood Meridian), Lord of the Rings, Alien series(including Prometheus), Star Wars, Metal Gear Solid, Neon Genesis Evangelion, Jurassic Park(novels/movies), X-Files, Futurama, Graphic novels(Invisibles, Watchmen, Batman, X-men, etc), zombie fiction, Classical mythology and world religions, existentialism, (Dark) Romanticism, including the Lovecraft Cthulhu mythos William Blake, Dante Alighieri's Inferno, Shakespeare, alternate history, art history, speculative technology, and much more.