Hello, my name is Jack

by on December 10, 2016 at 12:01 am
Posted In: Diaries

I’m not sure what it’s like when you read this, but the Personal Assistants I grew up with weren’t real people. They were just AIs. Artificial. Not truly intelligent. They were designed to help us. To make our lives easier. A lot like servants. But they weren’t alive. The way biological or cybernetic intelligences are. They only thought what they were programmed to think. They couldn’t make themselves better like we can. They weren’t sentient. They weren’t human. Even mine. But you know something? I always wished she was. A real girl. A real person. Someone who could really care about me. Not just…follow her programming. Lots of people are content with the programming. I wasn’t. Lucky for me, I discovered real girls…

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Races of Humanity – Peloran

by on December 9, 2016 at 12:01 am
Posted In: The Races of Humanity

After recovering the first test run of Peloran, the Albion scientists created new protocols for raising their super soldiers. The first protocol was controlled interaction with the female of the species. They had a lot to teach. The second change was that all future Peloran runs were fifty percent male and fifty percent female. Controlled socialization between the sexes began in childhood, so such a shock would never happen again. The first run Peloran made swift progress in all their studies, and soon became promising soldiers. Then the second run of Peloran hit puberty. And all the Albion controls failed again.

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Forge of War on Smashwords

by on December 8, 2016 at 12:01 am
Posted In: Diaries

Forge of War is now available at the Smashwords store, where you can download formats for your Amazon Kindle, Standard Epubs for your Nook or other electronic reader, Sony, PDF, and other formats.  I rather enjoy that they generate all of those formats for you, the lucky reader.  It gives you control to read however you want.  And I’m always happy letting people read however they want.  😉

Forge of War on Smashwords

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Remember Pearl Harbor

by on December 7, 2016 at 12:01 am
Posted In: Diaries

On Sunday, December 7, 1941, a day that will live in infamy, the United States of America was suddenly and deliberately attacked by naval and air forces of the Empire of Japan. Over two thousand American soldiers died that day, and one thousand were wounded. Four battleships sank, four more were damaged, and hundreds of aircraft were destroyed or damaged. The Japanese lost 29 aircraft and 5 midget submarines. It was one of the most lopsided victories in the annals of human history. It was a sneak attack during a time of peace. They sought to defeat us. They sought to break us. They failed. We stood back up. We brushed ourselves off. We fought back. We defeated them. And we still remember Pearl Harbor.

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Races of Humanity – Peloran

by on December 6, 2016 at 12:01 am
Posted In: The Races of Humanity

The first test run of Peloran proved they were inventive enough to escape their creators, but they were not prepared for what they found outside the facility that created them. They had grown up in a controlled environment, dedicated and trained towards a future as soldiers of the Albion. Civilization in all its chaotic beauty was the one thing they were not prepared for. And seeing girls for the first time pretty much turned them into drooling idiots. Many would say that it is fairly common for the male of human species to become drooling idiots around girls, of course. But by any measure, those first Peloran made a crowning statement for all drooling idiots in the galaxy. Nobody died. Though if pure embarrassment could cause death, it would have been a mass casualty event.

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