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title: "Get A Story"
description: "An AI's trademark silver-blue suit isn't exactly beach-town vibes, but he's determined to land his song a spot on the weekly top 40 countdown anyway. After a string of failed attempts to get noticed by the countdown's enigmatic curator DJ, he and his wisecracking seagull sidekick stumble into an open mic night just as a malware glitch hits, forcing him to trade analysis for improvisation, rallying tourists into one spontaneous singalong to discover connection was never something you could calculate."
type: "courses"
eec_slug: "reader-magnet"

# Optional italic line under the title, for handling an objection up front.
hero_subhead: "This story, occasional emails when something new comes out and other things you want in your inbox."

# Label on the signup form's submit button.
cta_text: "Send me the story"

# Cover image, hosted in the public downloads bucket alongside the epub.
# Used as the on-page hero image and for the og:image/Twitter card meta tags.
cover_image: "https://downloads.michaelferrara.org/neon-tan/neon_tan_cover.jpg"

# Direct link to the epub in the public downloads bucket — shown as an
# on-page button immediately after a successful signup, independent of the
# welcome email (see layouts/partials/course-enroll-form.html).
download_url: "https://downloads.michaelferrara.org/neon-tan/neon_tan.epub"
download_text: "Download now"

# Optional heading above the repeated signup form at the bottom of the page.
repeat_cta_heading: "Want the story?"
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The world is stranger than it looks and more meaningful than it lets on.

You know this.

Sign up to my mailing list and I'll send you a story about an AI, a wisecracking seagull, and a song that needs to be heard.