I just published a novella that I wrote during the summer of my PhD thesis defense. I actually wrote the first scene a year ago because it wouldn’t get out of my head, then returned to it in May 2025. A novella is apparently just a short novel, so that’s what this is, I guess. I have no interest in wasting people’s time—especially my own—so I wrote Growth and Decay to be a quick read (~70 pages) while still saying everything I had to say. This was a surprising journey for me. I didn...
