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The Singularity Has Encountered an Exception

Posted on March 28, 2023 by Alex R. Howe

A Short Story The programmers studied the screen in bewilderment. Last night, they had left the company’s newest AI model, DNEPT-7 (short for Definitely Not Evil Pre-Trained Transformer), humming along on its server on its latest project, trying to parse … Continue reading →

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The Gordian Paradox

Posted on February 20, 2021 by Alex R. Howe

A Short Story “Duck!” Raven yelled, and Dave dropped to the floor. Two bullets whizzed over his head before she blocked the rest of them with her improvised shield. He didn’t know how she could stay ahead of the automated … Continue reading →

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Flight Training

Posted on June 26, 2016 by Alex R. Howe

A Short Story In a scene that looked almost like it could have been in an ordinary classroom, about fifteen middle children from the ages of five to fifteen were sitting in a lecture hall, waiting for the seminar to … Continue reading →

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High Frequency

Posted on August 15, 2015 by Alex R. Howe

A Short Story Author’s Note: This story was written at the height of the Occupy Wall Street movement. However, I think many of the themes involved are still relevant. I also want to credit the fiction and nonfiction writings of … Continue reading →

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The Wayfarers

Posted on May 23, 2015 by Alex R. Howe

A Short Story Author’s Note: This story takes place in the same fictional universe as “The Lacertan Incident,” but it is separated by millions of years and millions of light-years from that story. A permanent link to this story will … Continue reading →

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The Lacertan Incident

Posted on April 11, 2015 by Alex R. Howe

A Short Story Author’s Note: This story is part of a series of short stories and at least one novel that I am writing about Earth’s future over the next 200 years or so. This story is set in 2154. … Continue reading →

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The Great Silent Treatment

Posted on March 21, 2015 by Alex R. Howe

A Short Story Author’s Note: For the first time, I am publishing a piece of my original fiction on this blog. I’ve previously been looking at trying to break into traditional publishing, but the online medium is becoming moreand more … Continue reading →

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