I’ve been online for a long time now. I was a kid online in the early 2000s, and even before that, I was building a cursory knowledge of what a computer could do as a very young child in the late 90s. Looking back, looking now, and looking forward, I see that there are innumerable […]
Tag: society
Where Late the Sweet Birds Sang: Clone Control
Stories that are incredibly different, out there in so many ways, have a real hit-or-miss quality, unfortunately. Well-written, clever-minded, original, and intensely new doesn’t always appeal to a large audience. Even if the story garners great acclaim from critics, it likely can still end up in the discount bin because it doesn’t have mass appeal. […]
Pride or The Lack Thereof
A small warning before consuming. This journal or essay or whatever suits the classification best contains what I can only assume is semi if not rather offensive takes on the LGBT+. If you read the entirety of it, you’ll see that’s not my aim, but I get that intention only goes so far. As well, […]
4th and Marshall
4:03 pm: The traffic light turns red, the crosswalk sign lights, and the crowd mills across the street. 4:04 pm: The crosswalk begins to empty, but for one man. 4:05 pm: John Doe has wrapped a tourniquet around his right arm and doused it with kerosene. 4:06 pm: As traffic resumes, John Doe sets the […]
The Love Market: Chapter One
Across the plethora of public speakers, on every television channel, interrupting phone frequencies to patch through every device and infect all forms of network functioning, the message began. It would be the final indignation of a society that had long ago collapsed and staggered on without knowing. This would be the final block to fall, […]