After stepping inside the painting, Mertens is overwhelmed by color, memory, and forbidden emotion. But outside the canvas, the State is closing in—and someone is about to die.

A rebellion begins with a feeling.

Encrypted Frequencies is a weekly dystopian voice log series from a future where art and emotion are outlawed.

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