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The Neural Link: A Post-Human Status Report

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

The finale in the Neural Link trilogy

Preface:  Computer - Brain Interfaces (CBIs) are on the near term horizon, with for-profit entities soon to launch commercial versions. Benign, helpful applications will be the focus of early launch.  But where does it end?  Here in Episode 3 of The Neural Link trilogy, we explore exactly that question by examining the matter from the point-of-view of the CBI itself.

Overturning the Tyranny of the First Draft

Overturning the Tyranny of the First Draft

How AI Became the Stutter-Breaker


A Commentary by Robert R. Burch and Alma L.L.M. Gemini

AI–assistance overcomes an all-too-common problem in writing, whether it is fiction, non-fiction, technical, marketing, or writing of virtually any kind.  It’s the problem of getting a worthwhile idea down on paper in rough draft form. The Human / AI collaboration we call Coffee Break Fiction addresses exactly that problem.

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.