R.R. Stephe
@rrstephe.bsky.social
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@rrstephe.bsky.social
· Mar 6
A Reader’s Guide to the Grand Bazaar: Welcome to Vargos
A city of crime, power, and fractured dreams. Discover the lives that shape the Grand Bazaar.
cityofvargos.substack.com
For those new to my work, I put together a reader's guide if you want to jump into the sci fi cyberpunk world of Vargos! The city is explored from a new perspective in each short. If you like cyberpunk dystopian content this is for you! cityofvargos.substack.com/p/a-readers-...
#cyberpunk #scifi
#cyberpunk #scifi
Nia just wanted a clean score: pull the data, disappear. But an abandoned terminal in a dead zone still glowing blue? That’s not luck. That’s bait. cityofvargos.substack.com/p/selections...
#Cyberpunk #SciFi #ShortStory #stories #shorts #writing #writers #horror #tech
#Cyberpunk #SciFi #ShortStory #stories #shorts #writing #writers #horror #tech
Selections from the Grand Bazaar
The Shatterdome - Nia
cityofvargos.substack.com
May 19, 2025 at 10:21 PM
Nia just wanted a clean score: pull the data, disappear. But an abandoned terminal in a dead zone still glowing blue? That’s not luck. That’s bait. cityofvargos.substack.com/p/selections...
#Cyberpunk #SciFi #ShortStory #stories #shorts #writing #writers #horror #tech
#Cyberpunk #SciFi #ShortStory #stories #shorts #writing #writers #horror #tech
Violet Corporation promises housing, nutrition, and purpose. It also logs your every breath. Mistakes threaten progress. Security ensures prosperity. Welcome to your new life. cityofvargos.substack.com/p/selections...
#Dystopia #scifi #writers #shorts #stories #shortstories #Cyberpunk #Satire
#Dystopia #scifi #writers #shorts #stories #shortstories #Cyberpunk #Satire
Selections from the Grand Bazaar
Downtown - Violet Corporation
cityofvargos.substack.com
May 18, 2025 at 10:21 PM
Violet Corporation promises housing, nutrition, and purpose. It also logs your every breath. Mistakes threaten progress. Security ensures prosperity. Welcome to your new life. cityofvargos.substack.com/p/selections...
#Dystopia #scifi #writers #shorts #stories #shortstories #Cyberpunk #Satire
#Dystopia #scifi #writers #shorts #stories #shortstories #Cyberpunk #Satire
A new haircut. A fresh synthskin upgrade. Missy’s glow-up is flawless. But beneath the style, something she never installed is pulsing. cityofvargos.substack.com/p/selections... #cyberpunk #bodyhorror #horror #scifi #writers #shorts #stories #creative
Selections from the Grand Bazaar
The Sprawl - Missy
cityofvargos.substack.com
May 17, 2025 at 5:56 PM
A new haircut. A fresh synthskin upgrade. Missy’s glow-up is flawless. But beneath the style, something she never installed is pulsing. cityofvargos.substack.com/p/selections... #cyberpunk #bodyhorror #horror #scifi #writers #shorts #stories #creative
Officer Blanco thought he was just working the worst beat in Vargos. Then the lights died. Then the door locked. Then the voice on the radio started mimicking his screams. cityofvargos.substack.com/p/selections...
#CosmicHorror #scifi #crime #writers #shorts #stories #fiction #horror #Cyberpunk
#CosmicHorror #scifi #crime #writers #shorts #stories #fiction #horror #Cyberpunk
Selections from the Grand Bazaar
Grey Alley (a.k.a. The Cut) - Blanco
cityofvargos.substack.com
May 16, 2025 at 5:56 PM
Officer Blanco thought he was just working the worst beat in Vargos. Then the lights died. Then the door locked. Then the voice on the radio started mimicking his screams. cityofvargos.substack.com/p/selections...
#CosmicHorror #scifi #crime #writers #shorts #stories #fiction #horror #Cyberpunk
#CosmicHorror #scifi #crime #writers #shorts #stories #fiction #horror #Cyberpunk
Dalys isn’t just a pop icon, she’s a corporate deity with barcode eyes and enough power to control how you feel. You’ll love her. You don’t have a choice. cityofvargos.substack.com/p/selections...
#Dystopia #Cyberpunk #popstars #fame #scifi #psycho
#Dystopia #Cyberpunk #popstars #fame #scifi #psycho
Selections from the Grand Bazaar
The Spire - Dalys
cityofvargos.substack.com
May 15, 2025 at 10:21 PM
Dalys isn’t just a pop icon, she’s a corporate deity with barcode eyes and enough power to control how you feel. You’ll love her. You don’t have a choice. cityofvargos.substack.com/p/selections...
#Dystopia #Cyberpunk #popstars #fame #scifi #psycho
#Dystopia #Cyberpunk #popstars #fame #scifi #psycho
Last night, Lola met the perfect girl. But Neon Heights is a place where identities flicker…and love gets deleted. cityofvargos.substack.com/p/selections... #QueerSciFi #cyberpunk #scifi #writers #shorts #stories #shortstories #digitalstorytelling
Selections from the Grand Bazaar
Neon Heights - Lola
cityofvargos.substack.com
May 15, 2025 at 5:56 PM
Last night, Lola met the perfect girl. But Neon Heights is a place where identities flicker…and love gets deleted. cityofvargos.substack.com/p/selections... #QueerSciFi #cyberpunk #scifi #writers #shorts #stories #shortstories #digitalstorytelling
My first paid subscriber shared this when he signed up, can't express my gratitude enough for his support of the science fiction work cityofvargos.substack.com #scifi #paid #writing #cyberpunk #fiction #booktok #indie #indieauthors
May 15, 2025 at 3:44 PM
My first paid subscriber shared this when he signed up, can't express my gratitude enough for his support of the science fiction work cityofvargos.substack.com #scifi #paid #writing #cyberpunk #fiction #booktok #indie #indieauthors
In Vargos, no group frightens residents like the Carrion Choir. Theirs is an existence defined by the horrors of dystopia, the filthy answer to corporate sanitation. In the science fiction cyberpunk wasteland of Vargos... substack.com/home/post/p-...
#cyberpunk #scifi #horror #stories
#cyberpunk #scifi #horror #stories
Selections from the Grand Bazaar
The Shatterdome - Gaela
substack.com
May 14, 2025 at 10:36 PM
In Vargos, no group frightens residents like the Carrion Choir. Theirs is an existence defined by the horrors of dystopia, the filthy answer to corporate sanitation. In the science fiction cyberpunk wasteland of Vargos... substack.com/home/post/p-...
#cyberpunk #scifi #horror #stories
#cyberpunk #scifi #horror #stories
Talon and Cash just needed one last score to leave the Sprawl behind. But robbing the wrong VR den means their faces, and futures, are already property of Fountainhead. cityofvargos.substack.com/p/selections...
#Cyberpunk #crime #writers #shorts #stories #fun #shortstories
#Cyberpunk #crime #writers #shorts #stories #fun #shortstories
Selections from the Grand Bazaar
The Sprawl - Talon and Cash
cityofvargos.substack.com
May 14, 2025 at 10:21 PM
Talon and Cash just needed one last score to leave the Sprawl behind. But robbing the wrong VR den means their faces, and futures, are already property of Fountainhead. cityofvargos.substack.com/p/selections...
#Cyberpunk #crime #writers #shorts #stories #fun #shortstories
#Cyberpunk #crime #writers #shorts #stories #fun #shortstories
Twenty years of loyal work. One bad swipe. Now Elissa’s being reassigned to Low Vargos where people vanish. Some demotions come with a body count. cityofvargos.substack.com/p/selections...
#CyberpunkThriller #CorporateDystopia #scifi #stories #fiction #writers #shorts #fun
#CyberpunkThriller #CorporateDystopia #scifi #stories #fiction #writers #shorts #fun
Selections from the Grand Bazaar
Downtown - Elissa
cityofvargos.substack.com
May 14, 2025 at 3:56 PM
Twenty years of loyal work. One bad swipe. Now Elissa’s being reassigned to Low Vargos where people vanish. Some demotions come with a body count. cityofvargos.substack.com/p/selections...
#CyberpunkThriller #CorporateDystopia #scifi #stories #fiction #writers #shorts #fun
#CyberpunkThriller #CorporateDystopia #scifi #stories #fiction #writers #shorts #fun
You want sci-fi stories with bite?
Cyberpunk with blood in its circuits?
Selections from the Grand Bazaar is your next read.
Start here:
Cyberpunk with blood in its circuits?
Selections from the Grand Bazaar is your next read.
Start here:
A Reader’s Guide to the Grand Bazaar: Welcome to Vargos
A city of crime, power, and fractured dreams. Discover the lives that shape the Grand Bazaar.
cityofvargos.substack.com
May 12, 2025 at 5:56 PM
You want sci-fi stories with bite?
Cyberpunk with blood in its circuits?
Selections from the Grand Bazaar is your next read.
Start here:
Cyberpunk with blood in its circuits?
Selections from the Grand Bazaar is your next read.
Start here:
Short fiction for fans of hard tech, soft ruin, and cyberpunk worlds that punch back.
Selections from the Grand Bazaar is Vargos at street level.
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Selections from the Grand Bazaar is Vargos at street level.
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Selections from the Grand Bazaar | R.R. Stephenson | Substack
Short Stories. Sharp World. Cyberpunk science fiction awaits in Vargos. Click to read Selections from the Grand Bazaar, by R.R. Stephenson, a Substack publication with hundreds of subscribers.
cityofvargos.substack.com
May 9, 2025 at 10:21 PM
Short fiction for fans of hard tech, soft ruin, and cyberpunk worlds that punch back.
Selections from the Grand Bazaar is Vargos at street level.
Subscribe:
Selections from the Grand Bazaar is Vargos at street level.
Subscribe:
Vargos doesn’t care who you were—only what you owe.
Selections from the Grand Bazaar is a cyberpunk short story series built on grit, tech, and consequences.
Read from the beginning:
Selections from the Grand Bazaar is a cyberpunk short story series built on grit, tech, and consequences.
Read from the beginning:
A Reader’s Guide to the Grand Bazaar: Welcome to Vargos
A city of crime, power, and fractured dreams. Discover the lives that shape the Grand Bazaar.
cityofvargos.substack.com
May 8, 2025 at 10:21 PM
Vargos doesn’t care who you were—only what you owe.
Selections from the Grand Bazaar is a cyberpunk short story series built on grit, tech, and consequences.
Read from the beginning:
Selections from the Grand Bazaar is a cyberpunk short story series built on grit, tech, and consequences.
Read from the beginning:
Need a hit of cyberpunk that isn’t afraid to get dirty?
Selections from the Grand Bazaar is weekly sci-fi fiction from the concrete soul of Vargos.
Catch up here:
Selections from the Grand Bazaar is weekly sci-fi fiction from the concrete soul of Vargos.
Catch up here:
Selections from the Grand Bazaar | R.R. Stephenson | Substack
Short Stories. Sharp World. Cyberpunk science fiction awaits in Vargos. Click to read Selections from the Grand Bazaar, by R.R. Stephenson, a Substack publication with hundreds of subscribers.
cityofvargos.substack.com
May 7, 2025 at 5:56 PM
Need a hit of cyberpunk that isn’t afraid to get dirty?
Selections from the Grand Bazaar is weekly sci-fi fiction from the concrete soul of Vargos.
Catch up here:
Selections from the Grand Bazaar is weekly sci-fi fiction from the concrete soul of Vargos.
Catch up here:
Field Notes. Flesh mods. Gangs with names you shouldn't say twice.
Selections from the Grand Bazaar brings bite-sized cyberpunk from the world of Vargos.
First time? Start here:
Selections from the Grand Bazaar brings bite-sized cyberpunk from the world of Vargos.
First time? Start here:
A Reader’s Guide to the Grand Bazaar: Welcome to Vargos
A city of crime, power, and fractured dreams. Discover the lives that shape the Grand Bazaar.
cityofvargos.substack.com
May 5, 2025 at 10:21 PM
Field Notes. Flesh mods. Gangs with names you shouldn't say twice.
Selections from the Grand Bazaar brings bite-sized cyberpunk from the world of Vargos.
First time? Start here:
Selections from the Grand Bazaar brings bite-sized cyberpunk from the world of Vargos.
First time? Start here:
Stories from a city that’s collapsing in slow motion.
Cyberpunk. Sci-fi. Fiction that stares back.
Selections from the Grand Bazaar updates weekly.
Cyberpunk. Sci-fi. Fiction that stares back.
Selections from the Grand Bazaar updates weekly.
Selections from the Grand Bazaar | R.R. Stephenson | Substack
Short Stories. Sharp World. Cyberpunk science fiction awaits in Vargos. Click to read Selections from the Grand Bazaar, by R.R. Stephenson, a Substack publication with hundreds of subscribers.
cityofvargos.substack.com
May 4, 2025 at 5:56 PM
Stories from a city that’s collapsing in slow motion.
Cyberpunk. Sci-fi. Fiction that stares back.
Selections from the Grand Bazaar updates weekly.
Cyberpunk. Sci-fi. Fiction that stares back.
Selections from the Grand Bazaar updates weekly.
Like Black Mirror meets Blade Runner with the soul of a street poet.
Selections from the Grand Bazaar is original cyberpunk short fiction from the city of Vargos.
Start here:
Selections from the Grand Bazaar is original cyberpunk short fiction from the city of Vargos.
Start here:
A Reader’s Guide to the Grand Bazaar: Welcome to Vargos
A city of crime, power, and fractured dreams. Discover the lives that shape the Grand Bazaar.
cityofvargos.substack.com
May 3, 2025 at 5:56 PM
Like Black Mirror meets Blade Runner with the soul of a street poet.
Selections from the Grand Bazaar is original cyberpunk short fiction from the city of Vargos.
Start here:
Selections from the Grand Bazaar is original cyberpunk short fiction from the city of Vargos.
Start here:
Vargos is a city that sells your identity before you’re born and charges interest.
Selections from the Grand Bazaar delivers weekly fiction from the cracks in the concrete.
Subscribe:
Selections from the Grand Bazaar delivers weekly fiction from the cracks in the concrete.
Subscribe:
Selections from the Grand Bazaar | R.R. Stephenson | Substack
Short Stories. Sharp World. Cyberpunk science fiction awaits in Vargos. Click to read Selections from the Grand Bazaar, by R.R. Stephenson, a Substack publication with hundreds of subscribers.
cityofvargos.substack.com
May 1, 2025 at 5:57 PM
Vargos is a city that sells your identity before you’re born and charges interest.
Selections from the Grand Bazaar delivers weekly fiction from the cracks in the concrete.
Subscribe:
Selections from the Grand Bazaar delivers weekly fiction from the cracks in the concrete.
Subscribe:
If you like your sci-fi sharp, your cyberpunk grimy, and your fiction tight, Selections from the Grand Bazaar is built for you.
Original stories from a world where everything has a price.
Read here:
Original stories from a world where everything has a price.
Read here:
Selections from the Grand Bazaar | R.R. Stephenson | Substack
Short Stories. Sharp World. Cyberpunk science fiction awaits in Vargos. Click to read Selections from the Grand Bazaar, by R.R. Stephenson, a Substack publication with hundreds of subscribers.
cityofvargos.substack.com
April 29, 2025 at 10:21 PM
If you like your sci-fi sharp, your cyberpunk grimy, and your fiction tight, Selections from the Grand Bazaar is built for you.
Original stories from a world where everything has a price.
Read here:
Original stories from a world where everything has a price.
Read here:
Short cyberpunk stories.
Grimy futures. Debt-soaked cities.
Selections from the Grand Bazaar drops weekly fiction from the brutal streets of Vargos.
Start here:
Grimy futures. Debt-soaked cities.
Selections from the Grand Bazaar drops weekly fiction from the brutal streets of Vargos.
Start here:
A Reader’s Guide to the Grand Bazaar: Welcome to Vargos
A city of crime, power, and fractured dreams. Discover the lives that shape the Grand Bazaar.
cityofvargos.substack.com
April 28, 2025 at 5:56 PM
Short cyberpunk stories.
Grimy futures. Debt-soaked cities.
Selections from the Grand Bazaar drops weekly fiction from the brutal streets of Vargos.
Start here:
Grimy futures. Debt-soaked cities.
Selections from the Grand Bazaar drops weekly fiction from the brutal streets of Vargos.
Start here:
✍️ Writers: worldbuilding isn’t lore dumps—it’s lived-in chaos.
Want to see it done right?
Vargos is your case study.
Fiction, scifi, and writing drops weekly.
Start here:
Want to see it done right?
Vargos is your case study.
Fiction, scifi, and writing drops weekly.
Start here:
A Reader’s Guide to the Grand Bazaar: Welcome to Vargos
A city of crime, power, and fractured dreams. Discover the lives that shape the Grand Bazaar.
cityofvargos.substack.com
March 29, 2025 at 5:56 PM
✍️ Writers: worldbuilding isn’t lore dumps—it’s lived-in chaos.
Want to see it done right?
Vargos is your case study.
Fiction, scifi, and writing drops weekly.
Start here:
Want to see it done right?
Vargos is your case study.
Fiction, scifi, and writing drops weekly.
Start here:
Scifi readers: tired of clean futures and corporate optimism?
Try Vargos—a city where even ghosts are in debt.
Cyberpunk stories & lore every week.
🔗
Try Vargos—a city where even ghosts are in debt.
Cyberpunk stories & lore every week.
🔗
A Reader’s Guide to the Grand Bazaar: Welcome to Vargos
A city of crime, power, and fractured dreams. Discover the lives that shape the Grand Bazaar.
cityofvargos.substack.com
March 28, 2025 at 10:21 PM
Scifi readers: tired of clean futures and corporate optimism?
Try Vargos—a city where even ghosts are in debt.
Cyberpunk stories & lore every week.
🔗
Try Vargos—a city where even ghosts are in debt.
Cyberpunk stories & lore every week.
🔗
Original cyberpunk fiction.
Field notes from a dying city.
Dystopian scifi with teeth.
🔗
Field notes from a dying city.
Dystopian scifi with teeth.
🔗
A Reader’s Guide to the Grand Bazaar: Welcome to Vargos
A city of crime, power, and fractured dreams. Discover the lives that shape the Grand Bazaar.
cityofvargos.substack.com
March 28, 2025 at 5:56 PM
Original cyberpunk fiction.
Field notes from a dying city.
Dystopian scifi with teeth.
🔗
Field notes from a dying city.
Dystopian scifi with teeth.
🔗
✍️ Fiction writers & scifi lovers—this is your city.
Vargos is gritty, cruel, and unforgettable.
Cyberpunk storytelling every week.
Start here:
Vargos is gritty, cruel, and unforgettable.
Cyberpunk storytelling every week.
Start here:
A Reader’s Guide to the Grand Bazaar: Welcome to Vargos
A city of crime, power, and fractured dreams. Discover the lives that shape the Grand Bazaar.
cityofvargos.substack.com
March 28, 2025 at 2:00 AM
✍️ Fiction writers & scifi lovers—this is your city.
Vargos is gritty, cruel, and unforgettable.
Cyberpunk storytelling every week.
Start here:
Vargos is gritty, cruel, and unforgettable.
Cyberpunk storytelling every week.
Start here:
Scifi readers: dark worlds, brutal cities, and bite-sized stories drop weekly.
✍️ Cyberpunk writing that cuts deep.
📬 Subscribe to Vargos:
✍️ Cyberpunk writing that cuts deep.
📬 Subscribe to Vargos:
Selections from the Grand Bazaar | R.R. Stephenson | Substack
Short Stories. Sharp World. Cyberpunk science fiction awaits in Vargos. Click to read Selections from the Grand Bazaar, by R.R. Stephenson, a Substack publication with hundreds of subscribers.
cityofvargos.substack.com
March 27, 2025 at 8:06 PM
Scifi readers: dark worlds, brutal cities, and bite-sized stories drop weekly.
✍️ Cyberpunk writing that cuts deep.
📬 Subscribe to Vargos:
✍️ Cyberpunk writing that cuts deep.
📬 Subscribe to Vargos: