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Computational Error was a series of stories from 2050 written by a machine intelligence. They are characters from a novel in progress. These posts are numbered and in series. If you’d like to read them in order, look for #1 and read up. To receive new posts in order as they come out, subscribe to 500 words. You’ll get short-form fiction and essays delivered directly to your inbox.
Wait, Wut was a series of posts written during the pandemic times of 2020. I was writing about what happens as we slowly accept the impossible. These posts are numbered and in series. If you’d like to read them in order, look for #1 and read up. To receive new posts in order as they come out, subscribe to 500 words. You’ll get short-form fiction and essays delivered directly to your inbox.
Wait, Wut #10 Looking Back From 2050
Wait, Wut #8 Good Air Sometimes
Wait, Wut #7 Monday Starts on Saturday
Wait, Wut #5 Power to the Police
Wait, Wut #4 the President Needs a Warning Label
Wait, Wut #3 We Need Pizza and We Need It Now
Wait, Wut #2 Zoom Infinitum and People in Boxes
Wait, Wut #1 Buying a Mask and Accepting the Impossibleness
The Counter Narrative was a short fiction series written from the future with a family spin on the climate crisis and its eventual resolution.
The Counter Narrative #8 Powering Down
The Counter Narrative #7 the Reversal
The Counter Narrative #6 Forget the Details
The Counter Narrative # 5 the Selfie Ruined Civilization
The Counter Narrative #4 Sorry, Nature, for Our Thoughtlessness
The Counter Narrative #3 Out of Body
The Counter Narrative #2 He Won’t Stop Talking
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