Brain Fruit

by Stephen Oram

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Pub Date Sep 01 2025 | Archive Date Aug 31 2025

Li'l Factory

Novellas & Short Stories | Sci Fi & Fantasy | Science

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Description

Can empathy survive the next stage of evolution?

Nurtured by the neural networks of a bee, a brain fruit is born. To become a symbiotic trioid and continue the evolutionary crawl upwards they need to combine with an insect bug. And they need to deal with those that would destroy the givers of life. Stephen Oram’s zoefuturist story explores the fragility of emerging relationships - how we welcome, how we trust and how we keep becoming.

A mind-bending, bio-digital fable that pulses with poetic strangeness. Oram’s Brain Fruit is daring, disorienting, and deeply human.

Presented in a limited-edition only, 500 numbered copies, and a design-forward format, this is not just a story—it’s an experience.

Can empathy survive the next stage of evolution?

Nurtured by the neural networks of a bee, a brain fruit is born. To become a symbiotic trioid and continue the evolutionary crawl upwards they need...