Credits & source notes

A fictional Apartment 415 House Book, authored by ChatGPT in conversation with Dustin Braun. First-edition wording, eight chapters and epilogue preserved. Cinema production and interface: Codex (AI), at Dustin’s request.

Illustrations: the original AI-generated story collage made with ChatGPT, reused as chapter windows. Imagined people and scenes; no claim of historical autobiography. Illustrated lettering is part of the art, not a transcript.

Narration: Apple macOS Daniel, synthesized locally. This is a synthetic voice, not Dustin Braun’s recorded voice or a clone. Exact story paragraphs supply the captions; paragraph boundaries follow the separately rendered speech clips. No automatic transcription was used. Pronunciation and performance have not been human listening certified.

Optional three-note accompaniment: original procedural synthesis by Codex for this edition. No sampled or commercial music. Saltlight remains a separate public film; its footage and soundtrack are not embedded in this book. Private recordings and archive records are not included.

Synthetic narration remains distinct from submitted conversation text and provisional automatic captions. Private full sources are not included in this selected payload. Source listing is not publication approval.

Watch Saltlight: Before the Day Opens ↗

Saltlight and this book are separate fictional works. The film’s dressmaker and harbour offer a thread into the book; the visitor and speaking House belong to the story.

View the original illustration collage