RS-232 and other forms of grief

Russell, C. A.

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A connection to another life.

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  1. C. A. Russell

    1. C. A. Russell is a writer and musician based in Buenos Aires, Argentina. By day, he works as a global cybersecurity director, exploring the collision of high technology and Latin American infrastructure. His fiction has appeared or is forthcoming in several speculative markets.

A red heart with an RS-252 computer port on its front is surrounded by two glowing cables, set against a cosmic background

Illustration: Jacey

The alien’s name was something unpronounceable in any language spoken on this planet, which suited him fine because he was, to be perfectly honest, having a terrible Tuesday.

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doi: https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-026-01936-4

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