The Forgetting Condition

The Forgetting Condition is an analog horror story about a cognitive "virus" that makes people gradually disappear from memory. At first, people only forget small details about you, but over time your identity becomes unstable-different people remember you differently, photos and recordings distort your face, and reality itself starts to fail at keeping track of who you are. Those who are being forgotten don't just vanish; they become something called the Forgotten, distorted versions of themselves that are still aware and desperately try to be remembered, often through extreme or irrational actions because strong emotional impact makes them harder to forget. Meanwhile, governments and media try to cover it up, denying it or altering broadcasts as the outbreak spreads. Each chapter follows a different person as their world collapses from a new angle.