April 2017 Archives

Our Dependence on Foreign Keys

By William Shunn on April 26, 2017 3:24 PM

Our Dependence on Foreign Keys

By William Shunn

'Our Dependence on Foreign Keys' by William Shunn

Release date: 2 May 2017

“Shunn is a fine writer; ingenious, stylish, closely in touch with current global trends and expert in producing thought-provoking near-future SF.”

—Nick Gevers, Locus Magazine

When high-tech partycrashers swarm his exclusive soirée high above the floodways of New York City, billionaire inventor Pell Franziskaner can’t be sure whether it’s a garden-variety annoyance or a prelude to murder. His own.

Environment, economics, and augmented reality collide in this novelette of reputation, revenge, and artificial intelligences so advanced they run directly on the fabric of spacetime.

After the Earthquake a Fire

By William Shunn on April 25, 2017 4:56 PM

After the Earthquake a Fire

By William Shunn

'After the Earthquake a Fire' by William Shunn

Release date: 25 April 2017

Elder Rigby is a young Mormon from Utah serving a mission in northern Idaho, though to him the experience is more like serving a prison sentence. He and his partner, Elder Crews, do their best to fill their days with meaningful work, but there are only so many doorbells to ring in a town as small as Bonners Ferry.

Then, between the boredom and broken rules, they meet Minnie, an elderly Russian Jew scarred by some of the worst atrocities of the early 20th century. She will force Elder Rigby to confront the bleakness of his own existence, and the limits of his faith.

This novelette, based on the author’s experiences as a missionary and originally published in Bloodstone Review, is now available for the first time as a standalone ebook.

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