Alternate Reality Anthology

When Clara moves to Boston for a job as a photograph printer, she finds a friend in her coworker, Anna. The two begin to collaborate on a project assigned to Anna: capture the "realest" possible Boston in photographs. Anna's appetite for reality knows no bounds. Clara, on the other hand, worries reality might be too dangerous for exploration. Credits: Mark: Derek Urichich Macy's Shopper: Cinthya Zeledon Macy's Employee: Jon Bald Investor: Jeffrey Hopkins Frizzy-Headed Investor: Tina Marie Serra Song: "Wonderful," 1966. Brian Wilson (composer & original vocalist); Van Dyke Parks (lyrics); John Lawson (new vocals). No copyright infringement intended. I do not own this song. All rights belong to their respective owners. Audio Production: Cinthya Zeledon Story & Narration: John Lawson Get in touch with John at: john.lawson81798@gmail.com © 2025 John Lawson. All rights reserved.

The Land Man follows a 23-year-old narrator as he tries to sustain a marriage to a woman beyond his maturity. He earns his keep as factotum for a psychotic land man who finds something that isn't land at all. Unfortunately for the narrator, he and the Land man have more in common than meets the eye. Listen if you like movies without images and reindeer that move in clockwork choreography. Credits:  The Land Man: Pete P. Colts Nelton: Paul Sullivan Claire: Rachel Horvit Registrar of Deeds: Erin McCready Emissary of the Registrar of Deeds: Tyler Crews Lease Salesman: Christopher Allison Basement Bystander #1: Winston Bribach Basement Bystander #2: Cinthya Zeledon  Song: Jelly Roll Morton and His Hot Peppers, "Dead Man Blues," Take 2, recorded September 21, 1926. Audio Production: Cinthya Zeledon Story & Narration: John Lawson Get in touch with John at: john.lawson81798@gmail.com © 2025 John Lawson. All rights reserved.

Aurora wakes up human in the Jurassic. What exactly is she supposed to do with as complicated and cumbersome an enclosure as a body? As she figures out what food is and what legs are used for, she meets dinosaurs, troubleshoots a box of recording tape, and sets out to make a campfire at the bottom of a lake. Credits: Aurora: Allison Cossitt Anita: Erin McIver Audio Production: Cinthya Zeledon Story & Narration: John Lawson Get in touch with John at: john.lawson81798@gmail.com © 2025 John Lawson. All rights reserved.

Setto treks up and down a mountain to find a bookmaking master. He learns how to paint the pages of a book with words and finds that book covers are made via a disturbing technique. Soon he falls for Jessana, who lives in a cube and rewrites Setto's entire perception of his homeland. Credits: Music: Mozart, Serenade in E-Flat Major, K. 375, V. (Allegro), Soni Ventorum Wind Quintet, recorded May 19, 1978. Audio Production: Cinthya Zeledon Story & Narration: John Lawson Get in touch with John at: john.lawson81798@gmail.com © 2025 John Lawson. All rights reserved.

Valentine never wanted this assignment. Still, bullets don't take no for an answer, so here he finds himself on some godforsaken isthmus with a concrete wall around it. What is the point of this place, anyway? What exactly do they do to people here? Poor Valentine couldn't figure it out in a million years, but it's coming for him all the same. Credits:  Amelia & Registrar: Allison Cossitt Audio Production: Cinthya Zeledon Story & Narration: John Lawson Get in touch with John at: john.lawson81798@gmail.com © 2025 John Lawson. All rights reserved.

Fil has never thought much about his grandmother. Sure, she's bright orange and unusually large, but the woman is no more than a face from an old photograph or two. Then she appears on his doorstep. Fil's mother turns into a different person overnight, and something in the air changes for the worse. You never know what's lurking in your genes… Credits:  Piano: Stan O'Beirne Song: "I Ain't Agoin' to Weep No More," (1901).  Harry Von Tilzer (composer); Dan W. Quinn (original vocals); George Totten Smith (original lyrics); John Lawson (new vocals, new lyrics). Audio Production: Cinthya Zeledon Story & Narration: John Lawson Get in touch with John at: john.lawson81798@gmail.com © 2025 John Lawson. All rights reserved.

The land man ventures into the highlands in search of materials for extraction.

Aurora wakes up human in the Jurassic.

Anna and Clara bond over their job.

Fil learns about his genes. Piano by Stan O'Beirne.

The isthmus isn't what Valentine expected. Featuring Allison Cossitt.

Setto leaves the south side of his home island to find an apprenticeship in bookmaking.