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Build the Future, You Say??
Published: at 10:08 PMWhile you endure the North Korea nuclear tests, the rip-out-your-throat battles for political hegemony and the desperate unknown of whether Katy Perry wants her ex back or not, it’s good to remember one thing.
In China, Credit Scores Hack You
Published: at 04:51 PMGive us more positive news, goshdarnit, George! Like maybe that there was an alien invasion that had finally ended all our petty squabbling and united us against a common foe…
Robots Rise, Humans Decline
Published: at 11:24 AMWe could soon have so much electricity from green power sources and other neat tricks that we’ll begin throwing it away like un-drunk bottled water or expired lettuce.
It’s a distributed future
Published: at 01:54 PMIt’s a distributed future. Beneath all the hype about global warming and other boogie monsters, people are working from the bottom up to to build a new world.
Filter Bubbles, Warring City-States and Utopias
Published: at 09:54 PMLook forward to a world of city-states where people on the political left and people on the political right live separately. And maybe not just in separate mental spheres, telling themselves different stories about what’s happening in the world, but living in separate cities. Maybe even cities that are at war with each other, like in ancient Greece.
Introducing Monster Maelstrom: 24 Extremely Short Halloween Stories for your Briefest Moments
Published: at 08:33 AMLooking for some short but high-quality entertainment over coffee or a snack? Grab Monster Maelstrom and fill your fleeting moments with 24 creepy and chuckle-inducing Halloween flash fiction tales. Just 5 minutes per engaging story
Meet the Bite-Sized Stories Anthology: 33 Indie Flash Fiction Tales for Stolen Moments
Published: at 02:03 PMGot a few moments to kill over coffee or a snack? Grab the new Bite-Sized Stories anthology FREE and fill your stolen moments with 33 indie flash fiction tales. Just 5 minutes per story.
Death Shop is a 2016 Best of the Independent eBook Awards Nominee
Published: at 01:51 PMI woke up Tuesday morning to discover that my dystopian science fiction novella <em>Death Shop</em> is nominated for the 2016 eFestival of Words Best of the Independent eBook Awards. Now, I swear, this is not one of those things that I found in my spam folder, 'Just $50 and You Too Can be an Award-Winning Author!' Really, I swear.
No Le Entiendo: A Chicago Cabbie's Poem
Published: at 05:31 PMFrom 1994-1997, I drove a Chicago cab. It was the perfect complement to a University of Chicago education. I freelanced for a large corporation, I saw the seedy underbelly of the Loop and I rubbed elbows with hardworking immigrants from two dozen different countries. One thing I learned quickly is that white cabdrivers were rare. So I wrote a poem about it (back in 1997). Here you go.
Valiant, He Endured: 17 Sci-Fi Myths of Insolent Grit
Published: at 12:52 PMWe did it again! This time, twelve authors enjoyed a meeting of the keyboards and we’ve got a thrilling 17-story science fiction anthology to show you for it. I love it. It’s exceeding my expectations. Have a look for yourself: