"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.

[1][2][3][4] The story is in the form of "mental dispatches" from a spy living in the Mediterranean area in the near future.

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

[6] Below are literary critiques pertaining to Jennifer Egan's "Black Box":