Category: Fiction

  • Fiction + Meta/Meta: The Human Equation

    Chapter 1: Welcome to the Optimized Silence Foreword: This is an LLM eating its own tail, in a sense. I haven’t read it yet, but the first few paragraphs seem dull? Will it pick up by the end? Scene The morning light, filtered to a calibrated luminescence, kissed the polished synthetic pathways. No bird song,…

  • Fiction: The Norns

    Beneath the ancient canopy of Yggdrasil, where the vast branches stretch across the cosmos and roots dig into the very essence of time, three figures convened in a space beyond mortal comprehension. The Norns—Urðr, Verðandi, and Skuld—wove the threads of existence with precision and purpose. Urðr, draped in the mists of memory, carried the weight…

  • Satire: Preprofessors

    FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Junior Reseach Faculty Rise Up! Demand Linguistic Justice! In a stunning turn of events that has sent shockwaves through the hallowed halls of academia, the world’s postdocs — or rather, junior researchers or junior faculty — have united in a historic revolt. Their grievance? A name so confusing, so utterly baffling to…

  • Fiction: Robots Can’t Dance

    The city was a sprawling metropolis of steel and glass, a monument to human achievement. Everywhere you looked, there were robots—drones whizzing by, mechanical servants performing menial tasks, humanoid robots like Rob helping with high-level intellectual work. Rob was an advanced robot, designed to assist humans in a variety of roles. He was efficient, precise,…

  • Fiction: A Newtonian Locke

    (Disclaimer: This is purely fictional! ) It was a chilly autumn evening in London, and the Royal Society was alive with murmurs of debate. The grand hall was filled with the city’s finest minds, gathered to hear a lecture by none other than Sir Isaac Newton. He was at the peak of his fame—his Principia…

  • Satire: Digital Utopia

    Ah, the sweet, seductive allure of the digital utopia. I’m sure you’ve heard the pitch: “Replace your entire workforce with AI agents, and suddenly, you’re a business magnate—no humans involved, just pure, automated glory.” What could possibly go wrong, right? Well, strap in, fellow dreamers, because I’ve just lived through the nightmare that will make…

  • Satire: Streetlights “Outdated” in Bold New Initiative

    In a groundbreaking move that has left residents squinting in disbelief, the city council has proudly announced the complete removal of streetlights from Main Street, labeling the once-beloved illumination as “outdated” and “antithetical to modern living.” “By embracing the natural rhythm of night, we are fostering a deeper, more primal connection with our environment,” beamed…

  • Fiction: Graystead

    Chapter One: The Echoes of Desires The town of Greystead lay cradled in the folds of rolling hills, its cobblestone streets echoing the slow march of time. It was a place where the past seemed to linger, even as the present struggled to breathe. The war had left its mark, not just on the men…

  • Myths: Baba Yaga

    The Three Huts I. Introduction: The Village Girl with a Big Heart Once upon a time, in a village nestled between rolling hills and the edge of a forest so vast it could make the bravest adventurer second-guess their life choices, lived a young woman named Misty. Now, Misty wasn’t a princess or a sorceress.…

  • Fiction: Santa’s Elves Ears

    It was the night before Christmas Eve in the North Pole, and all was merry in Santa’s workshop. Elves were busy decorating, baking, and wrapping presents. But in the back room, where the air was filled with the hum of magic and twinkling lights, Blinken the elf was on a very important mission. “Alright, Blinken,”…

  • Fiction: In Love in Logan

    Chapter 1: The Quiet Stranger The sun had barely crept over the mountains, casting long shadows across the dirt roads of Logan. The morning fog hung thick in the air, as it often did in the early months of autumn, and the town was just beginning to stir. The chatter of vendors setting up their…

  • Fiction: The Summit of Shared Existence

    Chapter 1: The Gathering Storm The towering, somewhat dilapidated hotel stood in the neutral Swiss Alps like a confused relic of the 1970s, its once-pristine exterior now plagued by the occasional crack in the wall and a decidedly un-chic sign that read “Hotel Quirkworth: You May Not Want To Ask.” It was perfect. Absolutely perfect.…

  • Fiction: G.O. Network, ch2

    The playground was a sterile expanse of synthetic turf, adorned with sleek, modular structures that bore the unmistakable signature of efficiency. Swings and slides were not designed for joy, but were rather “skill-building” apparatuses meant to enhance logic, memory, and teamwork. Every piece of equipment had a purpose, every game a calculated outcome. The children…

  • Fiction: G.O. Network, ch1

    Imagine a world without poverty, without hunger, without crime. A world optimized for efficiency, where every system runs with perfect precision. This is the world remade by artificial intelligence. But what if the price of this utopia was the very essence of what it means to be human? In a world ruled by algorithms and…

  • Fiction: Shadows and Starlight

    A multi-billion dollar merger. A reporter with a nose for trouble. And a chance encounter that changes everything. When Eliza Bennett bumps into Darcy Fitz, the man at the center of her investigation, she knows she’s stumbled onto something big. But she doesn’t yet realize how dangerous—and how personal—the truth will be.