# Backrooms is avant-garde art for normies

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Podcast: [Science Fiction](https://stenobird.com/podcast/science-fiction-2710085)
Published: 2026-06-17T07:35:17+00:00
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It’s 1990. This morning I found an open door in the shopping centre of the dull commuter town I live in. Beyond the door are a series of large empty rooms, poorly lit, with large boxes. Backrooms. I phoned my friend Matthew Woods. Woodsy. He pedaled over his BMX and together we’re going to exploreContinue reading "Backrooms is avant-garde art for normies"

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