Thanks to the announcement of “Revolution”, and my impending lawsuit against NBC, JJ Abrams and anyone else who ripped me off, I’ve been thinking a lot about post-apocalyptic stories. This is a very fertile area, and some friends here once again had the foresight to mention examples in advance which I was sure to include. […]
Crashland – Chapter 11, coming soon!
Why does this keep happening? Over at Crashland, we once again have a deadlock between options A and B. What is it with my readers? Are they really so of two minds or do people just like keeping the odds even? Or perhaps I just give really good options… No, it’s got to be the […]
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Crashland – Chapter 10, Now Appearing at Story Time!
Well, it’s about that time again. Audiences have once again voted, indicated what they want to see happen, and the story goes on. But before I get into what chapter 10 of Crashland is going to be like, I want to thank all the people who take time out of their busy day schedules to […]
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Crashland – Chapter 8, coming soon!
Things are once again picking up for the people of Crashland! The votes have once again come in and the readers have spoken. And as a result, Chapter 8 is on the way! Which means that the mysteries which have building since the beginning will soon be revealed. But first, allow me to recap. Last […]
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Crashland – Chapter 3, now appearing at Story Time!
Well the votes are in again! Last time, in Crashland, William Holden had been attacked and went down shooting. Unfortunately, the confrontation went awry and he was presumably left for dead in the street. But rather than roll over and die, he experienced a rather powerful (and gory) vision. I asked readers to tell me […]
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Crashland – Chapter 2, now appearing at Story Time!
A few days ago, I went looking for pictures which I felt perfectly encapsulated the story I was going for. I wanted something that spoke of desperation, of shock, awe and terror, yet also captured the drive and determination of people who had to continue no matter what. This print is what I found… Beautiful […]
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Now Appearing at Story Time
“An author should always seek to engage their audience making them care about the characters and invest in the worlds those characters inhabit, be they current or future versions of our world or other worlds entirely. A good story relies on forming a connection with the reader that will make the conflicts expressed in the […]
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Relaunching an Idea: Apocrypha!
by storiesbywilliams on January 5, 2013 in Future, Ideas, Novels, Science, Technology and tagged apocalypse, apocalyptic, apocalypticism, BosWash, cascadia, climate change, crashland, cyberpunk, dystopian, future, grim5next, hunluan, mega cities, Nanjing Peninsula, pappa zulu, post-apocalypse, science fiction, social commentary, speculative fiction, Taiheiyo Belt, technological singularity, technology, the blue banana, the Gangetic Plain, worlds undone, yuva
Recently, I began to seriously contemplate revisiting an old idea. Not just any old idea, mind you. This was an idea that went back to 2008, to the point where I first decided I wanted to move away from far-reaching, distant future speculative writing. It was also my first real stab at social commentary, predating […]
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