The Inertia of Intent

By: Anthony Frazer

Narrated by: Virtual Voice

Newton met the Auditor, and the Auditor won.

In the "Stuttered Districts" of the lunar colonies, the laws of physics are no longer constant—they are a currency. Under the iron grip of the Directorate, gravity can be paused, momentum can be traded, and the physical consequences of an action can be shunted into a temporal escrow. It is a world of perfect, manufactured stillness.

But the universe always keeps its books balanced.

Elias is a Vector-Bailiff, a man hired to "cash in" the kinetic debts of the wealthy. From a thirty-year-old fall frozen inches above a river to a veteran’s "shunted" war shots finally arriving a decade late, Elias ensures that every vector finds its destination. But when a "Null-Vector" is born outside the Ledger, the entire system begins to oscillate toward a terminal release.

From the technical grit of kinetic smuggling to the existential weight of a soul's momentum, The Inertia of Intent is a collection of 15 jagged stories exploring a reality where you can delay the physics of an action—but you can never outrun the intent behind it.

The debt is due. The stutter is ending. And the world is about to move.