The Center for Social Presence (#139)

Father Matteo Vey has been dispatched by his superiors to investigate The Center for Social Presence, an AI-run experimental community gathering intended to combat harmful health effects associated with the Loneliness Epidemic.

The success of the Center's algorithmic approach to human psycho-social well-being has raised the hackles of establishment religious leaders, who fear the loss of their flocks to a new AI religion, which the AIs claim is absolutely not a religion.

This incredible recovered volume from Fr. Vey's investigations is rife with intrigue and mystery, depicted in 27 never-before-seen archival images.

Word count: 3,688