Vacuum in the Sky
Debut album of AI generated electronic music by neonspectra — 8 tracks and their associated stories
Neosynth
Cyberpunk, technology, storytelling
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Monika - Context Engineering Presentation
Experiments on comprehensively addressing the complex epistemology of inner experience
First Contact
Our first contact with aliens is not in space.
Lekis Kojfo Text Converter
A tool for rendering text in Lekis Kojfo script from the scifi universe of The Zeta Directive.
It Changed Along the Way
Reflections, musings, and takeaways from six years working on an unfinished novel
Invicta
Your trusted source for the latest headlines and new developments in the fight to preserve freedom and independence for humanity.
The Data Lifecycle, aka Becoming Unhackable
A security practice that is so powerful, so impenetrable, that it is safe from any known or even theoretically imagined computer for trillions of years.
A Legendary Raid in the Shadows
In the far future of 2185 a legendary foe awaits.
Evolved Diplomacy
Mercenary operative Viyan Yousefi is swept into a diplomatic encounter with mysterious implications.
Seven Rules for Sci-Fi Writers
A discussion of best practices when writing science fiction stories
Vox Pænitentia
The cutting-edge industrialists of today had departed, entrusting the world of tomorrow to the skeletons left in their closet.
Spin the Record
Call me DJ. The full name's kind of a mouthful.
The Zeta Directive [Section 12]
Josh took his face into his hands and wept. Earth was still ruled by those slimy alien bastards, and no one would ever even *believe* him, much less do anything about it.
The Digital Citizen
The digital revolution and its consequences have been a kind of new enlightenment for human society.
A New Neosynth
What's old is new again: the story of the Neosynth site redesign
The Veiled Maiden
She smiled back to me supportively with an enthusiastic pearlescent glow in her captivating cerulean eyes. 'Prithee, it lights my soul to see your invention shapen before me, my lady.'
The Dreamer
A shining star in the darkness, some glimpses of the light are lost into eternity, only to be known by the gods themselves...
The Zeta Directive [Section 11]
Josh gritted his teeth. 'Fuck you, ma'am.'
Copyright: The Death of Tomorrow
We can come together to build a better world for the artists and historians of tomorrow by protecting their right to do what they can with the ideas we create today.
The Zeta Directive [Section 9][Interlude]
Sometimes she liked to think about who might have lived in all these old buildings that the Peacekeepers ordered them to tear apart. The empty towering ivory skyscrapers had a heavenly radiance to them in the brilliant white light of the Kojfo sun.
The Zeta Directive [Section 8]
In time, her broken heart would heal stronger than it had ever been before, readjusting to her newfound reality.
The Zeta Directive [Section 7]
The bridge of the ship felt more like a space-age information bunker than a control centre for piloting a cutting-edge starship...
Lekis Kojfo Script: A Linguistic Overview
A discussion of the writing system used in 'lekis kojfo', a fictional language spoken in the scifi universe of The Zeta Directive.
Close Encounters
It was a maze of tunnels and hallways down here, dimly lit and dread-inducing. The flashlight attachment on my rifle was my one light in the darkness...
The Zeta Directive [Section 6]
Fiir's confrontation with the Terran girl had left her with much to think about. The young primate was both a curiosity and a complication. A deeply frustrating one, at that.
The Zeta Directive [Section 10]
Josh panned and zoomed the camera to get a better look at the ominous disk-shaped vessel. Smoke billowed from the craft, obscuring it near completely on the optical spectrum...
The Zeta Directive [Section 5]
Colossal ivory-white high-rise towers sprawled in all directions, glistening in the sunlight as a monument to a breathtaking antediluvian metropolis.
The Zeta Directive [Section 4]
Neon gridden lines converged from the periphery of Fiir's vision, creating a wireframe rendition of the room that she occupied....
The Zeta Directive [Section 3]
The crackle of metal being sliced open with superheated plasma was audible even from the other side of the airlock door, followed by a loud metallic clatter and then silence.
The Zeta Directive [Section 2]
A diplomat's daughter is entangled in an international conspiracy that runs lightyears deeper than she ever could have imagined.
The Zeta Directive
The truth was out there, right in front of her eyes.
Remember the Time
Something strange hit me... I don't know you anymore.
The Fallout 4 That Could Have Been
It's not the classic music or the quirky fifties costumes that make Fallout so memorable.