About The Waterbed Factory:
Jude Mason wants to leave the moon. After living on the futuristic lunar colony for several years, the 2070s have caught up to him – working two jobs to pay the bills and playing in his garage rock band The Waterbed Factory, Jude finds solace in his close friendships and small victories while still trying to save up enough money to return to Earth. Trajectories collide as his journey continues and he must consider what it means to be human, why one yearns for change, and how to get on with each passing day.
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Author Bio:
At the age of five, Paul wrote a stageplay called “Tintin in Paris” that a group of his peers put on a performance of. While also a strong example of copyright infringement, it’s a story that reminds the author of his creative roots and inspiration – Hergé’s 1954 classic “Explorers on the Moon” being the first visual of lunar exploration Paul had ever seen. Growing older with Vonnegut and Crichton, diving deep into the lore of UFOlogists like George Van Tassel, Paul found familiar footing when starting his short story “The Waterbed Factory” – a story released alongside an album of the same name by his garage rock solo project A Case of Mistaken Identity. It’s all reflective of our yearning for change juxtaposed by the harsh realities of the world we exist in, a thought experiment in futurism. He hopes his words both in the music and on the page can provide some mirroring of a sentiment you yourself have explored.