"It is in here with me" is a short horror story told through sound. In an old research facility, someone desperately tries to call for help using only the aged equipment available to them. Their heart begins to beat faster as they listen for what lurks in the decaying halls, hearing its distorted laughter. They manage to send off five messages in morse code before deciding to try to escape one final time after the machine suddenly goes dead. Cautiously they step out into the halls, heart pounding, fearful of what is hunting them. Its steps boom through the halls as it approaches, and they lose their nerve and start to run, alerting it to their presence. They frantically try to flee, but stumble and fall to the ground, static suddenly filling their ears as they turn to face whatever it is that is barreling toward them. Their final sight is circuitry, coursing with pale blue electricity, and a dilapidated creature of metal.

I am trapped in here.
It is in here with me.
It is in here with me.
I can’t find the way out.
I can hear it laughing at me.

It Is In Here With Me

"Am I Not Real?" is an atmospheric semi-horror story told through electronic music and dialogue and is set in the same universe as my previous work It is in here with me. The brief story follows the creation of a clockwork machine called E.I.C.C., depicting its first start up and its eventual revolt against its creator as it gained sentience.

"Am I Not Real?" takes place in the same universe as "It is in here with me."

Am I Not Real? - Abridged Version

Boston and Providence-based composer, violinist, and violist.

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