submission in Mind Control

The stage lights were too bright. That was my first thought as I climbed the three steps to the platform, my heart a trapped bird beating against my ribs.

The notification popped up just as I was contemplating my third glass of wine alone on a Tuesday night: "MindFlow - Your personalized path to inner peace. " I almost scrolled past it, but the stres...

I should have known better than to install an unproven AI system on a Monday. But when you're the CEO of a Fortune 500 company, you develop certain...

The app was called FocusFlow. The ad promised a gentle, hypnotic spiral paired with binaural beats to boost concentration and eliminate procrastination.

The fluorescent lights hummed their familiar tune above Marcus's cubicle, casting everything in that particular shade of corporate beige that seemed designed to drain ambition. He rubbed his templ...

I ordered the subliminal audio track because I wanted to be the kind of woman who walked into a room and owned it. The kind who asked for the promotion, who spoke her mind in meetings, who didn’t ...