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, Elmedina Hota’s Foul Play:
„The fire spread rapidly throughout the apartment,“ officer Carter is bringing his chief Miller up to speed, „most of the damage occurred in the living room and the kitchen. Didn’t take long for the neighbors to smell it, as they were already on alert for this one.“
How the story came about:
I turn my nightmares into stories; this is one of them. I’ve had a dream about a child looking so horrific, but only in his mother’s eyes. I’ve also wanted to write a sci-fi piece for a while, so I navigated towards that.
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Elmedina Hota is an artist and writer based in Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina. After earning a bachelor’s degree in journalism from the Faculty of Political Science at the University of Sarajevo, she discovered a deep interest in mixed martial arts. Her love of sports, however, never diminished her lifelong passion for storytelling and photography. She writes dark fantasy, gothic, and horror poetry and short fiction, often inspired by her nightmares. Her debut novel, The Devil’s Treat, drawn from her experiences with sleep paralysis, is currently in the works. You can find her on IG: @hellmedincic, Bluesky: @hellmedina, Youtube: @hellmedinapoetry, and her website. |
See all The Rabbit Hole 8: AI and Other Weirdness stories here.
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