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I have authored and co-authored 30 scientific publications, including journal articles, book chapters, and a textbook. If you are interested in those publications, please see my Science page. This page is about my fiction writing.
Selection: A tale of fate, AI, and climate change
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Humanity almost destroyed itself. To survive the changing climate, we trusted every aspect of our lives to an all-knowing, all-seeing artificial intelligence known as the Algorithm. Now, our descendants are paying the price.
Eighteen-year-old Sam Watkins is facing Selection, the ceremony where the Algorithm will assign him his fate. Sam spent his whole life preparing for this day, hoping to be Selected out of poverty.
Things don’t go his way, so Sam does the unthinkable. He fights the Algorithm.
But do he and his friends stand a chance against an omnipotent AI who may know them better than they know themselves?
Get ready for SELECTION and see why readers are saying, “the plot kept me on my toes … and kept me reading voraciously,” and “[SELECTION] not only held my attention, but I had a hard time putting it down.”
Are you ready to uncover the Algorithm’s true agenda?
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Awards:
- Winner – Mike Resnick Memorial Award for Best Science Fiction Short Story by a New Author, 2022
- For “What Would You Pay for a Second Chance?”
- Honorable Mention, Round 1 – NYCMidnight 100-Word Microfiction Challenge, 2021
Short stories:
- “What Would You Pay for a Second Chance?” – Galaxy’s Edge, Issue 59, November 2022.
