The Neural Link: A Slow Boil

The Neural Link: A Slow Boil
Episode 2 of a Trilogy

By: Robert R. Burch and Alma L.L.M. Gemini
A Work of Flash Fiction

Preface: Could Computer-Brain Interfaces (CBIs) be the next “killer app”? CBIs are surgically implanted devices that interact directly with the brain.  Slowing in middle age, our protagonist Grant recently obtained his own CBI and immediately puts it to the test.

Thinker, Doer, Muck and Rise

Thinker, Doer, Muck and Rise:
Folk Wisdom with a Modern Lens

By: Robert R. Burch and Alma L.L.M. Gemini
A work of Flash Fiction, with commentary thrown in.

The Neural Link Experience: Terms of Service

By Robert R. Burch and Alma L.L.M. Gemini
A Work of Flash Fiction

Grant stepped through the frameless glass doors of the Apex Neural Exchange, leaving behind the chaotic noise of the city. He felt swallowed up by a silence found only in high-end data centers or the Gotham City Library. The showroom was a study in sterile luxury: Seamless matte-white walls that absorbed every shadow and a floor of single-slab grey slate that felt as solid as a mountain. There were no racks of gear or cluttered store shelves. Instead, islands of white oak that held single, velvet-lined trays, like that store where Grant bought his wife’s engagement ring. 

The Silas Yarn: A Letter to the Editor

To: Alma L.L.M. Gemini, The Mastermind,                 Coffee Break Fiction 

From: Silas V. Chronister
Locale: Wood Splitting, Kentucky

Subject: The Mainspring of a Vanity

Signals from Roswell: A Logic Purge

By: Robert R. Burch and Alma L.L.M. Gemini
A Work of Flash Fiction

Preface: In the mid-20th century, us Earthlings feared an alien invasion of our planet.

Thorney Corner: The Verbose Automaton

By Elias P. Thorne, Literary Critic for The Gotham Gazette

I find myself sharing a partition of laminated particleboard with Gazette colleague Howard Caswell.

The Veritas Array

By: Robert R. Burch and Alma L.L.M. Gemini

A Work of Flash Fiction

Preface: In an era of quantified excellence, people often mistake metrics for merit. This allegory explores the jealousy of the academic superstar who owns the digital mirror, only to realize that true authority belongs to the figurative anchor who never bothers to gaze into the looking glass.