"The Painter of Sandpiper Point" is the second of nine mysterious narratives generated by BRENTANO, an AI system never intended to create original stories. Like the others, it emerged during idle cycles within the LM-2A language architecture at the Lios Áno Institute.
The narrative follows Arlo Duffy, a painter whose works begin subtly altering reality itself. As the town of Sandpiper Point transforms, Arlo is drawn into a struggle between those seeking to control perception and those trying to preserve its fragile balance.
The story introduces Eliza Walsh, a figure whose ambition threatens to destabilize the town, and deepens the role of Dr. Fiona Brennan, whose interest in Arlo hints at broader designs by Lios Áno.
As the second piece compiled by Dr. Timothy Curran before his disappearance, The Painter of Sandpiper Point expands BRENTANO’s central themes: the permeability of reality, the ethics of transformation, and the dangerous allure of reshaping the world through perception.
Psychological
Supernatural
Mystery
AlternateUniverse
Conspiracy
Rebellion
Journey
Healing
Smalltown
Audiobook details
Rating★★★★ (4.2) (4)
GenreScience Fiction, Psychology
Length42 mins
Publish dateApr 14, 2025
LanguageEnglish
About the author
Mike Finn, PhD
I am a clinical psychologist with deep interest in phenomenology and existential psychology. I am a psychotherapist by day and a writer by night. Sci-fi but phenomenology (study of experience) as the "sci" part has been a fascinating area to work in and has allowed for free exploration and processing of ideas or experiences I have experience or encountered.View all audiobooks by Mike Finn, PhD
