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A Crack in the Code: Stories of Cybertronic Rebellion
I think; therefore, am I?
The age of robots is here. LLMs, deep fakes, home butlers, and more are already integrated into the every day cycle of life, become part of the environment, melding into the surroundings, becoming commonplace. What happens when there's a crack in the code, a breakdown in their programming, or an awakening?
A Crack in the Cybertronic Stories of Rebellion is an anthology of short stories that focuses on those what-ifs, those awakening, and breakdown in programming. The stories in A Crack in the Cybertronic Stories of Rebellion presents stories around the theme of what it means to be human, a theme Mocha Memoirs fully supports in discussions and exploration via storytelling.
Mocha Memoirs is passionate about this anthology because it offers stories from a variety of voices, both new and veteran authors, women, men and non-binary authors, and LGBTQIA and BIPOC authors.
Content:
Heart of Porcelain by Alexei Collier
Toast by Clark Sodersten
Scoundrels and Scaffolds by Jacob Langdon
A Crack in the Code by Maxwell I. Gold
Quetchee's Leap by Antony Paschos
One Thousand and One Upgrades by Allison Tebo
Alexa by Edward Coonce
A World Erased by Victoria Chvatal
Where There is Love, There is Life by Rie Sheridan Rose
Robbing the Cradle by E.M. Lacey
Techbot001 by Y.M. Resnik
Whispers in the Wetware by Gustavo Bondoni
Code Infractions by A.M. Giddings
Crash Out by Rob Grimoire
Paper Dolls by Holly Lynn Walrath
Scheherazade Principle by Rob Nisbet
Steeled Resolve by Rey Nicols
Birds of a Feather by Luke Henderson
Preventative Medicine by Maya Preisler
Last Meals by E.J. Sidle
Carmen by Kevin Morley
Poppies for Andris by Sumiko Saulson
Truckin' by John G. Hartness
The age of robots is here. LLMs, deep fakes, home butlers, and more are already integrated into the every day cycle of life, become part of the environment, melding into the surroundings, becoming commonplace. What happens when there's a crack in the code, a breakdown in their programming, or an awakening?
A Crack in the Cybertronic Stories of Rebellion is an anthology of short stories that focuses on those what-ifs, those awakening, and breakdown in programming. The stories in A Crack in the Cybertronic Stories of Rebellion presents stories around the theme of what it means to be human, a theme Mocha Memoirs fully supports in discussions and exploration via storytelling.
Mocha Memoirs is passionate about this anthology because it offers stories from a variety of voices, both new and veteran authors, women, men and non-binary authors, and LGBTQIA and BIPOC authors.
Content:
Heart of Porcelain by Alexei Collier
Toast by Clark Sodersten
Scoundrels and Scaffolds by Jacob Langdon
A Crack in the Code by Maxwell I. Gold
Quetchee's Leap by Antony Paschos
One Thousand and One Upgrades by Allison Tebo
Alexa by Edward Coonce
A World Erased by Victoria Chvatal
Where There is Love, There is Life by Rie Sheridan Rose
Robbing the Cradle by E.M. Lacey
Techbot001 by Y.M. Resnik
Whispers in the Wetware by Gustavo Bondoni
Code Infractions by A.M. Giddings
Crash Out by Rob Grimoire
Paper Dolls by Holly Lynn Walrath
Scheherazade Principle by Rob Nisbet
Steeled Resolve by Rey Nicols
Birds of a Feather by Luke Henderson
Preventative Medicine by Maya Preisler
Last Meals by E.J. Sidle
Carmen by Kevin Morley
Poppies for Andris by Sumiko Saulson
Truckin' by John G. Hartness
344 pages, Kindle Edition
First published February 3, 2025
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About the author
Rie Sheridan Rose
147 books26 followersRie Sheridan Rose has been writing professionally for over ten years. She has published 6 novels, 1 short story collection, 2 chapbooks of collected stories, and 5 poetry collections as well as contributing to numerous anthologies like Reloaded: Both Barrels, Shifters, Nightmare Stalkers and Dream Walkers, and A Bubba in Time Saves None.
Her poetry has appeared in print magazines Mythic Circle, Dreams of Decadence, and Abandoned Towers as well as Penumbra, The Voices Project, Wolf Willow Journal and the Metastasis, Boundless, and Di-Verse-City 2013 and 2014 anthologies. She also wrote lyrics for Marc Gunn's “Don’t Go Drinking With Hobbits” CD.
Her poetry has appeared in print magazines Mythic Circle, Dreams of Decadence, and Abandoned Towers as well as Penumbra, The Voices Project, Wolf Willow Journal and the Metastasis, Boundless, and Di-Verse-City 2013 and 2014 anthologies. She also wrote lyrics for Marc Gunn's “Don’t Go Drinking With Hobbits” CD.
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March 15, 2025
Some killer stories in here but my favorite is the brave little toaster.
May 17, 2025
what an amazing collection of stories. so glad I backed this one.
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