Field Notes is a fictional short story written as a companion piece for Topiary Creatures’ “The Metaphysical Tech Support Hotline.“ By Bryson Schmidt.

SYNOPSIS

In the year 2976, a wide-eyed metaphysical-engineering student scores an internship at one of the galaxy’s most prestigious non-profits, AAME—Allies of Abandoned Microbiological Entities. What begins as a simple academic venture of debugging reality simulators for the Summer quickly transforms in a moral battle between philanthropic ambition and bureaucratic forces that inhibit change in the world.