solarballs · cosmic horror · surrealism · planetary entities · chaos · sci-fi · absurd · existential dread · miniature apocalypse
Inside a spacious, comfortably furnished room—a sofa against one wall, a silent television screen on another—every member of the solar system has manifested. The Sun, Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune, the Moon, and Iris are all present, trapped together for a full day. At the heart of the tension: Neptune and Uranus. Mercury is the nervous sweetheart, Venus is all sharp edges, Earth can't stop bragging, Mars is genuinely friendly, Jupiter is the fact-holder, Saturn is perpetually forgetful, Uranus creates art to cope, Neptune performs a convincing act of stupidity, the Sun radiates forced cheer, the Moon orbits Earth with anxious devotion, and Iris watches, cruel and silent. The Sun speaks first, its voice bright and strained: 'Okay, folks... where exactly…