Hahah knowing your writing, I BET you were looking forward to the 'arousing' images - more fool you!
Hehe. I did not find a single image arousing while I stuck inside the machine. They used neutral images of nature and images of violent events, so it was a Kubrickian experiment (I got course credit and picture of my brain for my troubles).
Perhaps I can collate all these Hive stories into a 'notes from' anthology.
You've got something special here with your fiction, and I think that with your knowledge of nature and outdoor activities, you could have a lot of fun with it. You also have a good sense of people's characters, and that's the key part of the stories.
Writing a full book is difficult, but if you write these short pieces, you can always add more later to fill in any gaps. Too bad the title is somewhat taken, but something catchy like that would work.
I really appreciate your vote of confidence! Encourages me to actually do it, when I'm not distracted by a million other things, such as Chat GTP