 Thank you. I'm super psyched to be here, especially on national coming out day to celebrate queer culture And I'd like to give a special thanks to my wife in the audience It's our anniversary tomorrow, and she's been my biggest supporter all along. So thank you I'm gonna read from my book reliant, which is experimental science fiction comprised of tweet-sized tails that Individually are no longer than one tweet, but collectively tell a larger tale of a society before, during, and after the apocalypse so Philosophy Every day the robot reminds her to practice gratitude Every day she's grateful that she could afford to buy the bot soaring drones around our helicopter Now what you say? Say yes, I reply producing a ring as the drones move into a heart formation Paparazzo bot Swimming under the ocean under a bright sky The robot passes an orca pod and keeps spying on a luxury yacht for a celebrity gossip blog Body mod She uses an avatar in the forum so he doesn't know what she looks like until their first date He's still surprised by the unicorn implant Gratuity the barbot peels grapes to garnish our cocktails and serves them with the flourish To you I toast it. Thanks me pointing to the tip jar Biggest fan The girl takes a selfie with the pop stars telepresence robot and goes back to her hospital bed with a print forgetting her pain Mobile off the grid on the beach I forage and trap crabs with a solar charger for my smartphone to post updates for eco voyeurs pets The adorable baby robot dinosaur roars and chases the kids Screams and laughs are followed by barks and breaking noises the dog again Breathless search Two drones hover over bushes along a cliff sending video back to the search and rescue team Still no sign of the mayor's lost glove public service announcement Projecting a 100 by 100 meter image onto the mountain the park's ad bot reminds hikers not to litter and to file their taxes Robo gerontology Grand listens to the robot that looks like a shiny buddy tea kettle dispensing pills Time to take your lithium it says integration a Paralyzed boy walks through the park in his eek. Eek. So sorry exo skeleton He kicks a stray ball back to kids playing soccer They invite him to join in Coaching droid The cute quirky robot says to lose 10 pounds work out an hour each day and stop eating sweets She learns it can't be turned off close supervision The syringe sinks deep wispy blood dancing as the chip fits into place Her son cries under her kiss. It's for school, honey ink The robot tattoos your name over my heart. Will you take photos when you share them all you talk about is the robo-tattooist Idol bot After the girl makes a robot that looks and sings like that chirpy teen idol parents stop inviting her to play dates with their kids prototype The robot kicks a ball and hops on one foot people applaud politely bored After the diplomatic reception three roboticists are fired curiosity I Lose my micro bikini top diving and send the pool cleaning robot after it and Neighbor sees me and takes off her top smiling rescue She's falling in love. He's so charming and kind on date three. She finds out why his sex droid is broken She runs off rescuing it too Patriot bots on Canada day we go out for beers and poutine taking a selfie with a red and white RCMP robot Please move along. It says sorry famous author The author signs books remotely with a robotic pen chatting with fans on video They want a more personal touch. So she sends in a hug bot bus bot a Murder of crows surrounds the shiny robot when it continues to pick up food scraps on the patio. They all attack at once Bride-to-be I tell the robot. I love it, but it doesn't understand Undeterred a shop for a white beaded wedding gown. I love a challenge to tool of the trade Disguised as a banged-up shopping cart the robot hides the dealer's stash Following him around as he meets with the city's street addicts spam filter He downloads a virus from spam and the system freezes. He doesn't know how to clean it So he buys a new tablet then he opens the same link nightclub Dancers grind against each other and vibrating cod pieces sink to the beat when the DJ plays a ballad. They all boo investor She invests everything in kitty coins and loses big Trying to sell her condo. She only gets one offer and it's in doge coins Casino Robots fight in a cage while people shout their bets Twisted metal carnage explodes in the flames as the house bot wins again QR code tattoos We smuggle deep web links into China using QR code temporary tattoos until Vacation selfies give us away primary lessons The principal's robo enchantment blinds her to the pitfalls of buying bots to teach first grade Her office is overrun with crying kids Neurosurgery The tele robotic neurosurgeon operates remotely using a brain scan sent to her phone Due to a crack in the screen the patient dies practical application Wearing makeup in an asymmetrical pattern that defies facial recognition Biometrics she smuggles nanobots in glitter hairspray Upgrades he enters the scanner on a flat bait through a noisy magnetic tube Brain images reveal several chips Aha, your upgrades conflict Hot new trends Fashion bots walk the runway Journos and buyers swoon over new clothes outside models pick it had giving away headshots and asking for work Contemporary music Concertgoers boo the avant-garde tuba playing robot, but it isn't programmed to feel sad or to stop nuclear crisis The reactor core explodes and weather patterns aren't in our favor Malfunctioning detectors auto fire retaliation missiles the end begins Marauders a gang of looters moves noisily past Missing me hiding under a counter. I've got two cans of chickpeas. It's going to be a short life expendable The solar butt Inspects the damaged reactor repairing what it can and saving the most dangerous work for low-paid humans Solar surfers in the sludge gray skies after the poison falls Solar panels rarely work when they do we access what's left of an internet left to die swept away ominous radioactive clouds Reflect in the ocean under the full moon Kiss me. This is it. I say and love grows like our cancerous cells So you'll have to be reliant to find out what happens in the post apocalypse, but I'm going to read you with one last story which is a Little craft that I did in collaboration with the photographer her name is Gwen Ross Miller She and I made these Photopendants that each Contains a readable tiny tail. This one is called cure all So they open up It's not your strongest says his patron And he falls into an abyss of dark shadows and rum until rescued by that probiotic yogurt drink Thank you