“What am I looking at?” They stood in a room located two floors below ground level in Spelek Technologies’ research and development branch. This section of the facility was under high security, and all access was strictly controlled. “Mr. Kraft, you are looking at the future, made possible by the […]
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At the desk of Jim Kraft Pronounced “skate,” but spelled s-k-a-i-t, it stood for Skar-Kraft-Artificial-Intelligence Tether. The SK8 was just one of the amazing pieces of technology coming out of SKARKRAFT Industries. Before auxiliary AI came online in 2023, the SK8 generation one (or simply gen 1) was a pair […]
“Good morning everyone, sorry I’m late.” Jim walked into a meeting already underway. Senior members of SKARKRAFT Industries sat arrayed around a large round table, previous discussions now muted. The boardroom was a cross between a joke and a shared childhood admiration of Jim and Nathaniel Skarsgard. Centered in a […]
On Järnkraft is part of a larger lexicon I have been compiling. It establishes much of the book’s overall philosophy and world. As I progress and post new chapters I will undoubtedly update and add information here. Ascended and Transcended Everyone is born with the potential to do amazing, and […]
Jim sat in his favorite worn leather chair and gazed outside, content. By all rights he should be exhausted, still in bed from the hours and days of work he had been putting himself through, but he wasn’t. Jim was content. For the last 52 hours straight, Jim had been […]
To curse or not to curse… Perhaps I’m not alone in wondering where curse words should exist when writing. I have read novels that contain swear words and read others that don’t. I’ve even read fantastic books where the author makes up a brand new way to say the F-word.
I took a deep cleansing breath, and my lungs were quenched. The air outside was like drinking a glass of cold water. The breeze was slight and all around smelled clean and fresh. The sun was slowly rising in the east but had yet to peak above the horizon leaving […]
Jazz played in his headphones. Where are you? By the Ben Webster Quintet. It was definitely a Jazz type of morning. Jim used music to change his reality. The right song or style of music could transport him, at least emotionally, to another place. What he really wanted was […]