A DYSTOPIAN NOVELLA BY SAM SHARKEY
FIVE THOUSAND FEET BENEATH UTOPIA
A descent into the dark heart of the gig economy. In a future where humanity is governed by corporate algorithms, couriers navigate the vertical abyss of disposability and survival.
The Project
'Five Thousand Feet Beneath Utopia' is a dystopian tale of corporate control and human disposability, informed by research and interviews with real delivery couriers.
About The author
Sam Sharkey is a bachelor of arts student at Victoria University, majoring in literary studies.
For his graduating project, Sam has written a novella centred on a future in which humanity is governed by a single corporation and the majority of the human workforce earns a living through delivering fast food to the social elite. Drawing upon academic research and interviews with present-day delivery drivers, the project aims to be an engrossing read and highlight the precarity of casual labour and the gig economy under late-stage capitalism
CONTACT
samsharkey2000@gmail.com