Add to ORKGThe Decomposing Room and Other Stories is a collection I have been working to develop\ud over the last three years as a graduate student of Creative Writing. The stories within\ud examine the peculiar bonds and fractures that are possible within human communities\ud today, as well as in the unknown territory of the near future. As I composed each piece, I\ud asked myself why so many individuals who, via technology and urban living, are more\ud constantly connected to society than ever before suffer substantially from feelings of\ud loneliness and isolation. This led me to reflect on the nature of obsession with objects and\ud material culture, even in the midst of such loneliness. These five stories, though unique in\ud terms of subject mat...