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It's been eight months since I released my last story, so you could be forgiven for thinking that I’d given up on writing fiction. In fact, it's the opposite. I’m excited to announce that I’m releasing my first fiction collection—The Gentle Romance: Stories of AI and Humanity—with Encour Press in mid-December!

It contains 22 stories, most of which are revised versions of the best stories I’ve posted online. The thread that connects them is the struggle to hold onto our identities in the face of radical technological change—the same thread that winds through many of our own lives.

⁠⁠I’ve also written three new stories for the collection, which are some of my favorites:

Lentando is set in a future inspired by Charles Stross’ masterpiece Accelerando. Through it we follow Liza, a zero-knowledge consultant whose soon-to-be-deleted copies struggle to hold the world together.
The Biggest Short is the story of two traders who make a fortune buying and selling reputations while struggling to preserve their own.
Kuhn's Ladder is about a simulated utopia that starts experiencing inexplicable glitches which seem designed to remain hidden.

You can preorder the book here.

Looking forward, it's hard to [...]

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First published:
November 10th, 2025

Source:
https://www.lesswrong.com/posts/nmvygxFKfveK9wJ8j/book-announcement-the-gentle-romance

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https://www.narrativeark.xyz/p/book-announcement

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