I asked fellow The Rabbit Hole 8: AI and Other Weirdness anthology contributors to share some things about themselves prior to publication and those generous enough to do so will be appearing here over the next few week.
Each entry gives a taste of their contribution, a little about them, how to contact them, how their story came about, and definitely a link to The Rabbit Hole 8: AI and Other Weirdness (which you should purchase because it would make each and every one of us happy.
you do want to make us happy, don’t you?
i mean, considering what we wrote, you want us to know you’re a good person, right?).
About the anthology from Tom Wolosz, Editor
We wonder what AI is. LLM — Large Language Model. — another word for Black Box. What’s in it? Who knows, not even the programmers. Is it a dumb servant that just answers questions at faster than light speed, or is it an artificial mind, a being trapped in cyberspace? And if the latter, is it a loving servant, a future companion, or something sinister which secretly hates its inferior creator? Twenty-four writers give you their diverse takes on this mysterious entity now joining us. And, of course, we can’t overlook the normal weirdness which haunts our dreams. So twelve writers contribute their visions of normal(?), everyday weirdness. Making for thirty-six unique trips down The Rabbit Hole.
Stories by Christopher Graves, Justin Case, Phil Baringer, Helen Speirs, A. J. Litchfield, Fendy Satria Tulodo, Anthony Regolino, Doug Stoiber, Sean MacKendrick, Eric J. Juneau, James Rumpel, Mbekezeli Wishes Moyo, J Benjamin Sanders Jr., Fariel Shafee, H. Donovan Lyón, Annie Percik, Bret Nelson, Soramimi Hanarejima, Ken Foxe, John Kaniecki, Kevin Lee Smith, Joseph Carrabis, Dave Hangman, GD Deckard, Ashley Taylor, Gina Easton, Andria Kennedy, Catherine Durkin Robinson, E. J. LeRoy, Maryanne Chappell, Frank Torn, Jeremy A Wall, Elmedina Hota, David Newkirk, and Tom Wolosz
And now, Doug Stoiber’s Smart Home:
“Good morning. Weiss & Price Realty – Everything We Touch Turns to SOLD! This is Dobbs Gorman. To whom am I speaking?’
A brief pause. The flat, telephonic sound in his receiver becomes warm and dense.
“Twenty-three Kendall Court.” The voice is clear, rhythmic, unaccented, androgynous, the voice enunciates perfectly.
How the story came about:
Our writing group, Mossy Creek Writers, was given this prompt: write a story with a character that is not human or animal. Not sure why the idea of a talking house snagged my attention, but once it did, the plot fell together easily. Then I imagined the dialogue and the voices, with the sharp contrast between the verbal styles, of the two characters. The story appealed to my enjoyment for writing humor pieces.
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About Doug Stoiber: Doug Stoiber writes poetry and short fiction and is a member of the Mossy Creek Writers in East Tennessee. Fifteen of his short stories and twenty-two of his poems have been selected for publication in literary journals, poetry and fiction anthologies, and on literary websites. |
See all The Rabbit Hole 8: AI and Other Weirdness stories here.
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