#1 free through 10.4.12

It remains to be seen if this serial will pick up enough traffic or comments to warrant its continuation but the serial will be free tomorrow as well as today.  (10.4.12)

Episode 1 (Ariah) released

The first segment of episode 1 has gone live! This portion of the story follows Ariah, a mother, as she struggles to prepare her family for the rolling blackouts that take place across the city. Ariah's storyline will be one of four that we follow throughout the course of this saga, its twists and turns partially determined by things that you, the reader, have to say about DS.

Introduction: The Forgotten Future

I love the cyberpunk genre.  There is something in me that has always clung to the idea of a post-apocalypse society and in many respects, cyberpunk is that.  Though the apocalypse is social, no cyberpunk universe can exist without having had that massive change in social perception that turns society as nihilistic as it is often portrayed. As the future has rolled on, however, I begin to ask myself--is it that much of a change or is it simply that there's a whole world of people that the genre doesn't address? What cyberpunk focuses on is the nihilists and the anti-heroes.  The lives of or