My usual go-to recommendations for Stephen King readers looking to branch out a bit are The Good House by Tananarive Due, Ghost Story by Peter Straub, and The Kind Folk by Ramsey Campbell.

Some art pieces change the way you see the world by opening your eyes to new perspectives, others do it by inflicting acute trauma to the occipital lobe.

Blade Runner’s a bit different since the replicants are flesh and blood, just not naturally born.

I don’t hate systemd, but I prefer OpenRC and usually use it on my Debian systems. My preference is purely vibes based though, and I think most of the anti-systemd arguments in common usage are a bit silly.