Spoiler alert. This is bonus supplementary content for Espresso Love by @takatsu. Please do not read until you've read the official novel. It will contain excerpt, sequel, prequel, context, peripheral material in letter or short story form. Copyright 2014 Takatsu

What happens when a literal Professor of Coolness begins to feel like he's losing his edge? ∆ Originally published as a hypertext story on Philome.la ∆ Updated with new images in March 2016. ∆ A Wattys 2016 visual story nominee.

Blade Runner meets Orwell's 1984 in Mother's Hand. Set in a crumbling dystopian future, Earth is ruled by the all-seeing and unforgiving Mother. Kal dutifully donates his body to the military for four years while his consciousness is stored. He will wake up with no memories of the things his body has done in war. Six years later, Kal wakes screaming a name he doesn't know. As he tries to reconnect with his former life he soon realizes that Mother is not finished with him yet. As Kal fights to avoid capture he begins to peel back the lies that surround Mother's system and must discover the truth about his past before it's too late.

Meet Carson. She's finishing up her junior year of high school and looking forward to a summer camp she didn't plan to attend. Enter Luke, the new kid who moves in across the street, who just seems to turn Carson's entire life upside down. From the countless tutoring sessions they share to the secrets they beg each other to keep, their relationship is anything but normal. Enter Chase, someone who loves with such intensity and passion. Join Carson on her journey to find not only love and laughter, but the bravery she never knew was inside of her.

Meet MacKenzie. She had always been perfectly content with the way she was living. You could always find her reading a new book or writing a new story. She was certainly creative, but she preferred to keep her ideas to herself. Enter Cameron. She knew from the second she saw him that he was going to be the boy to change her life. Join these two frenemies on their adventures, determine to spend their summer learning more about not only themselves but every person they encounter. Sonder: n. the realization that each random passerby is living a life as vivid and complex as your own.