Jayke Luland

“There Is No Alternative” by Jayke Luland

2089 The Future we live in is bleak ... I wish I could properly introduce myself, but I can't. I've been stripped of all identity, all possessions, everything. In the times that we live, we aren't characterized by a name, we don't have a unique identity. We are dirt poor and working for our rulers.  The Rich, whose wealth and influence have grown to levels beyond your comprehension, have fully enveloped our society. They're allowed to have names, to have identities and personas. However, we, the poor, aren't. We are forced into fa...

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“Cycle” by Jayke Luland

Somewhere in Switzerland Arnauld Benoit was just your humble investment banker. A battler with a billion in the bank, he lived a life of solitude, rolling in the filth that was his own wealth. Gliding through European Ski-fields whilst cavorting with other such elites, it was a seemingly idyllic life, with little to no stress in the world. That was, until this day in 1984. It was a time of Reagan and Thatcher, of union-busting and corporate excess. Benoit was very much involved, and as one of the global elites, he was known to manipulate...

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“Long Fall Ski Club” by Jayke Luland

It is a skin-tinglingly cold day in the cold Alps of Andorra, smooth Jazz plays inside a quaint little abode in the mountains. The Long Fall Ski Club - Often mistakenly called the Long Ski Fall Club, is a luxuriously toasty little Chalet that elites retired to after sifting through the ski-fields. It's renowned for an exquisite little cocktail bar where everyone congregates, where men seeked a trophy wife to take home and consummate. This place is decadent, depraved and dispicable, and it's only saving grave is the heated floor and it's eye-...

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“Influential People: The Browning of the Brand” by Jayke Luland

Submitted to Contest #100

On a rainy day in the big apple, 4 influencers have come together for the cultural experience of a lifetime. A swanky dinner -- hosted by millionaire chef and Tiktok content curator Adams Miles -- in a stylish SoHo apartment. Olives from the hills of Italy, a ham specially sourced by pig farmers in Africa; this dinner had all you needed to take your culinary exploits to the next level. Now, with an eagerly awaiting Instagram audience and branded products to shill, the Influencers converged, looking for a good meal and an even better uptick i...

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“Curdled: The Fracturing of an American Family” by Jayke Luland

Submitted to Contest #98

Next to the eggnog, the egg-rolls, the eggs benedicts and the eggs Au fromage, was exactly 140 millilitres of pure cream, purebred, all-American milk. It was a glorious sight for all with penchants for contracting Salmonella. It was greyish in colour and smelt like the bottom of a rotting table with poop slathered over it. For the Mennie family, it was a holy milk, and one they idolised with a radical ideological commitment to what this milk represented; Family tradition. As they were gathered around the dinner table -- having just complet...

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“The Beginning of Common Sense Spence” by Jayke Luland

Submitted to Contest #91

'The beginning is always the hardest part, and sometimes, you need to rid yourself of shit to get to where you wanna go.' Spence Spenceforth - 2036 15 Years Earlier 'Maybe I can leave now and make the next Glass Animals concert?' Spence Spenceforth said to himself. He was a young bassist from Newtown who had just performed a gig for his transgressive noise band, 'The Collection of Men with Scary Inflections', and was looking to make the next Glass Animals gig at the Enmore. With little time to waste, he was looking to make a swift exit fro...

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“The Convolution Revolution” by Jayke Luland

Submitted to Contest #54

In a dingy, dark studio on the outskirts of Western Sydney, a mad genius is at work… “Cut” echoes through Tempeh productions as director Jim Jackson walks towards his actors. At the helm of the popular Australia TV show ‘Second Chances’, Jim is busy manufacturing what he is hoping to be one of the highest rated TV episodes of all time. The faux reality show aims to ‘reconnect’ husbands and wives who have been divorced for at least 1 year, with the hopes of rekindling a lost love. However, the entire show is fake, and Jackson has been hiring ...

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“Murder On The Dance-floor” by Jayke Luland

Submitted to Contest #35

Rooty Hill RSLAfter an arduous and seemingly never-ending term one of schooling, the students of Obasan High School in Sydney have conveyed at the local RSL to forget the misery of their gruelling last four months through their annual Spring Dance. With some illicit alcohol in their pockets and suspicious brownies hidden in the hoodie of local derelict Brad Namley, it’s time to party long into the night.Rory Arnaut has no plans on partying or cavorting however. The uber genius science geek from Merrylands has made a tremendous discovery that...

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