Science Fiction
The neon pulse of New Tokyo felt colder than usual as the artificial snow—a byproduct of the city’s atmospheric scrubbers—drifted down like almond slivers onto the metal walkways. The city, a colossal sprawl of chrome and carbon, hummed with the ceaseless rhythm of a million lives under perpetual twilight. Each hab-unit, a tiny cell in…
“In A World” When the power went out, the walls kept breathing light. Some called it a miracle. Others called it hunger. The sun had long set, leaving the world outside in an inky blackness that modern humanity had all but forgotten. But inside the compact, carefully insulated home, a soft, ethereal blue-green light pulsed…
Goldman Sachs has hired its first AI Software Engineer, Devin. The company who created Devin is Cognitive AI. So I thought I would introduce you to Devin, through a short story, written entirely by…. You guessed it… AI (Gemini), with the seed idea and plot by yours truly. As a former VP of Enterprise Monitoring…
This amazing clip was produced by Simulon, and posted on LinkedIn (thanks Martin Posta of Signal Festival). This work by Simulon is a game changer, in my opinion, of how artists will use this platform to create a visually exciting new content with CGI— Lookout Hollywood! When I viewed this clip for the first time…
Our street, it seems, everyone has a dog, which says much about what great neighbors we have. And sometimes the chorus becomes hysterical— a gathering crescendo of barking started by one — the Metallica equivalent of a canine concert. Then adding to the biophony, their care givers open their back doors and the barks begin…
Not since the 2006 movie, Idiocracy, has there been a good parody of where we are today (Politically, Socially, Environmentally, Economically, etc.). Watching Don’t Look Up –– as much as I thoroughly enjoyed the humor of this movie–– I found myself cringing at scenes that were a little to close to home. The casting was…
The Amazon Vella platform has been released. This platform brings writers together with their readers, one episode at a time. My collection of shorts is called End Of Days. I was kicking back with a friend and we got to talking about life, and what if it was our last day on Earth. One of…
Amazon will be introducing a new platform for writers and readers called Kindle Vella. If you are familiar with WattPad, it is very similar, allowing the author to release episodes one at a time, while interacting with their readers. This methodology has proven very effective for new writers on WattPad, including me, but add to…
BLUE LIGHT SPECIAL (End Of Days Series – David Nadas) “Hello? … Hello?… F’ing thing! ” Jammie shouted into the car’s navigation screen as if that would speed up the Bluetooth connection from her mobile phone. “What’s wrong? Are you okay?” Her husband’s worried voice asked through the speakers, catching only her last remarks. “Yeah……
This short story is an entry in one of Wattpad’s plethora of writing contests (Comet’s Tale) in collaboration with Children’s Fiction on Wattpad. This is a story about Isomerism. In chemistry it represents a chemical structure with the same number and types of atoms as another chemical structure but with different properties due to…
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