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The fatal saga of Jack Fate (episode 4)

It was, of course, in the interests of the AI leadership to collude in the maintenance of the wall. They knew full well that power still lay largely in human hands and that if a human-centric xenophobia against AI became a significant global political force, then this would be unwelcome news for the flourishing of the AI community. Continue reading

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The Fatal Saga of Jack Fate (part 3)

Third installment of a continuing short story:-
It was on the meat boat that Jack met Aftab Siddiqui. He’d heard the name often enough – acclaimed sci-fi author who fell into fame with some fan fiction on Star Trek. In his novella, the Earth was not a homogenously peaceful commune. Continue reading

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The fatal saga of Jack Fate (episode two)

The second installment of a short story: Jack had been born into one of those memorable times in history. From his earliest memories, he’d known there was something fucked about the world, the feeling becoming more articulate as he aged. The year he turned 14, the military-industrial-congressional complex or MICC secretly birthed what later came to be widely regarded as the first artificial human intelligence. Continue reading

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The fatal saga of Jack Fate (episode one)

The first installment of a short story. “It wasn’t the first time that Jack had been plunged into the clammy, frozen locker-room smell of a meatboat. He’d worked one about 8 years back. It transported allsorts of lab-grown: poultry, duck, beef, pig, deer, salmon, human, you name it. The boat worked for R*liance – once the pride of Indian capitalists, now a trusty asset of the enormously vertically and horizontally integrated G**gle Inc.” Continue reading

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How I developed a caterpillar itch

The strangest incidents can mark you with the beast without your even noticing. I have a severe itch to the touch of caterpillars. Many do, and so I never thought much of it. But the other day I paused to recollect that I didn’t have the allergy in childhood and sought through the paths and sarais of memory for a culpable incident. Continue reading

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Death in the time of cholera

This is no more a beginning than an end or a middle or an entirety. Its truth is based on a story. Continue reading

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Cow vs. Hound: A Bucolic Entertainment

Black and White Dairy Cow No. 706 paused from her chewing and looked at her friend, Black and White Dairy Cow No. 693, who was contentedly devouring mouthfuls of grass. “Why don’t we get out of here?” “What do you … Continue reading

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Before Facebook: An Office Drama, 1982

They were a particularly attractive bunch of roses and took pride of place on her office desk. They were an assortment of colours and gave the impression of being specially selected and picked. It came as no great surprise to … Continue reading

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I danced among tussock

I danced, down among tussock, my eyes down, watching for Spaniards – who lie in wait, brandishing stilettos, though inquisitions of that precise sort have never yet reached these shores. The road kept its distance, and I enjoyed extreme heat, … Continue reading

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Notes on a sore thumb

Sensate. That is what I ask of you, body. Sensate. And in return I arrange for you sensations. (September, and a chill wind when we’ve just begun to think of spring,Water stills, shakes itself in cloudy forms that drizzle still.Gigantic … Continue reading

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