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, Fendy Tulodo, E. J. LeRoy, Maryanne Chappell, Frank Torn, Jeremy A Wall, Elmedina Hota, David Newkirk, and Tom Wolosz
And now, Fendy Tulodo’s Your Blender Is in Love with You, Bro:
Okay. So it starts with a blender.
Not a metaphor.
An actual Sharp-brand blender we got from a wedding gift table in Batu, still with the little label that says Happy always ya, semoga anaknya tiga (Stay happy, hope you’ll have three kids). Hera laughed when we opened it, said it looked like it was trying too hard. I said we’d probably never use it. I was wrong.
How the story came about:
This started with a simple idea. How people pour emotions into the things around them. I wanted to see where feeling ends and truth begins, where real stops and emotion takes over. The thought of a blender having feelings seemed silly at first, then kind of sad. Like it showed how we sometimes trade real connection for something cold, something that hums, but still somehow tells the truth.
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About Fendy Tulodo: Fendy is a writer from Malang, Indonesia. He writes about people’s deep feelings and life experiences. His stories often deal with love, power, and second chances. He looks at the darker sides of life. His characters face hard decisions where right and wrong aren’t always clear. Follow him on Instagram at @fendysatria_. |
See all The Rabbit Hole 8: AI and Other Weirdness stories here.
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