Lochlan Bloom's Blog, page 7
March 5, 2013
Trade out now
Trade is out now – click the link below to get a copy.
Go in bold they said, throw in some sex, that will catch their attention. Great advice that was! It’s that sort of thinking that led to all this shit, that led to all this relentless hustling….
Trade is set in a near contemporary world where apps control our love life and the sexual partners we choose.
The narrator, a nihilistic employee at a Berlin-based social network, chronicles the early days of the new sexual economy and the terrible price he has to pay as his girlfriend, Lis, is propelled to stardom.
What would you do in a world where your sexual partners were chosen for you?
Get Trade now for kindle
Trade is out now on kindle. You can download a copy for your ereader now.
Go in bold they said, throw in some sex, that will catch their attention. Great advice that was! It’s that sort of thinking that led to all this shit, that led to all this relentless hustling….
Trade is set in a near future where apps control our love life and the sexual partners we choose. The narrator, a nihilistic employee at a Berlin-based social network, chronicles the changes that propel his girlfriend, Lis, to stardom and the terrible price he has to pay. What happens when the world of tech start-ups collides with the global sex industry?
February 15, 2013
February 4, 2013
Our tangled web – Intelligence, Technology and Narrative
A short article I wrote for H+ magazine on the role of narrative and technology in defining intelligence, particularly in the context of machine intelligence and AI.
January 14, 2013
October 28, 2012
Calliope to publish The Crow in upcoming issue
I am delighted to say that Calliope, the official publication of the Writers’ Special Interest Group (SIG) of American Mensa, will be publishing a piece of my short fiction entitled The Crow in their upcoming Winter 2012/13 issue.
October 12, 2012
The Flaneur publishes Eat, Prays, Leaves
I am pleased to announce that The Flaneur magazine has published my short piece ‘Eat, Pray, Leaves’. This is a super zine with a load of great articles on Art and Culture so its brilliant to be included.
You can read the piece online at: http://flaneur.me.uk/10/eat-pray-leaves-by-lochlan-bloom/
September 3, 2012
Memory of an Investigation
Pleased to announce that my short script, Memory of an Investigation, has been optioned and will go into production in December.
Producer Greg Earnest is working with a talented team in Mississippi to turn the script into a short for the festival circuit. Excited to see what becomes of it…
