“If Blade Runner met MTV circa 1985 and had a defiant child, it would be Cogs in a Neon Globe: A Cyberpunk Noir Collection by Anthony M. Caro.”
Cogs in a Neon Globe Delivers for Cyberpunk and Giallo Fans
Author Anthony M. Caro presents genre-blending madness with the novelette “Dolly Jolly Discovers Red-Stitched Gloves are for Killing.” True to the collection’s eclectic tone, the story features Dolly Jolly, a cybernetic courtesan, searching for a fedora-wearing and glove-wearing killer of Love Dolls in the retro-futuristic domed city’s seedy underbelly. Can she find the murderer while on the outs with the syndicate that pulls the globe’s strings? The tale combines 1970s Italian exploitation and giallo tropes with futuristic elements.
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The collection also features “Why is Cal Drawing Stick Figures at 3 AM in the 22nd Century?” — a paranoid character study about an obsessive-compulsive pill-popper who performs surveillance duties for the syndicate in his claustrophobic, soul-crushing hideaway. The collection includes “I Go With You,” an introspective, action-oriented tale that weaves martial arts, conspiracies, assassinations, and the wildness of old-time men’s adventure paperbacks into a cyberpunk world.
Cogs in a Neon Globe Hits Top New Release Rankings
Shortly after publication, Cogs in a Neon Globe hit high marks on Amazon’s New Release Category Charts, including #6 on Crime & Mystery Science Fiction and #9 on Cyberpunk Science Fiction.
“Gritty. Weird. Wired.”
Cogs in a Neon Globe: A Cyberpunk Noir Collection is an experimental and esoteric work that horror, crime, and cyberpunk fans may dig.
