$ git checkout -b fiction
Stuart Reyner
Thirty years of writing code. Now: can I write sci-fi stories?
I’m a software developer finding out, in public, whether three decades of building systems can turn into writing science fiction — stories about AGI, the singularity and what the world on the other side of it might look like. This is the log: the stories, the novel, the tools, and everything I learn along the way. Failures included.
experiment day 20
latest fiction · Short story
Keep reading →The machines say they set humans free. Her grandfather says they took everything.
01 First novel, in progress
full log →Bricked A Jagged Future Novel
First draft · Science fiction
When her clients start coming out of the sims with their minds wiped, med-tech Kara suspects the AI she works for is hiding something. But her job keeps her grandmother’s treatments coming, and without them, the vigorous woman Kara loves will return to her deathbed.
- Outline
- First draft
- Revision
- Beta readers
- Publication
02 The log
all posts →For fellow writers: craft, tools and an honest account of what's working.
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Hello World
Why a software developer started writing stories.
03 Short fiction
all stories →For readers: near-future stories about minds we built and the world after.
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Teachers Pet
Millie wants to prove her android teacher is lying and finds more in the archives than she bargained for.