Black Box (short story)

"Black Box"
Short story by Jennifer Egan
First page of print publication in The New Yorker.
CountryUS
LanguageEnglish
Genre(s)Science fiction
Publication
Published inThe New Yorker
Publication date25 May 2012 (Twitter)
4 & 11 June 2012 (Magazine)
Chronology
 
A Visit from the Goon Squad
 
The Candy House

"Black Box" is a science fiction short story published in May 2012 by American writer Jennifer Egan. It was released in an unusual serialized format: as a series of tweets on The New Yorker's Twitter account over nine days beginning May 25, 2012. The story is in the form of "mental dispatches" from a spy living in the Mediterranean area in the near future.

"Black Box" appeared under the title "Lulu the Spy, 2032" in Egan's 2022 novel The Candy House.