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J.E. Mac worked as a screenwriter in Los Angeles. Now, he bludgeons his soul onto the page and sells it off pennies at a time.

Growing up in Southern California, people often asked him where he was from. Uh, Southern California. His answer was met with a look of disappointment. "Oh..." Apparently, no one is from Southern California.

In light of that response, he wanted to concoct a biography about how he was a lonesome hermit living in the wilderness of Alaska. His only company was a stiff glass of whisky, his hunting dog Conan, and a great white bear that was stalking him. (That's not a metaphor. Polar bears, man! Polar bears!) He also wanted to say he was a New York Times Bestselling author. But that's a pipe dream. Besides, he wanted to be ...more

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“A Dick and Jane story written in blood and battered bone.

See Spot.

See Spot run.

See Spot run from a gaping chest wound.

Run Spot run.

See Detective smear Spot into a baggy for DNA testing.”
― J.E. Mac, Damaged Good

tags: cyberpunk, detective, dick-and-jane, noir, see-spot-run, violence

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“No wonder you're depressed. You haven't fully accepted the use of controlled violence for the good of the community.”
― Ursula K. Le Guin, The Lathe of Heaven

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“Because the longer you go on the worse it gets. And now, instead of preventing me from having effective dreams, you're going to start having them yourself. I don't like making the rest of the world live in my dreams, but I certainly don't want to live in yours.”
― Ursula K. Le Guin, The Lathe of Heaven

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“Are you . . . a policeman?"
"No. They'll be along shortly, I expect. Public suicide's a felony."
". . . I'm sorry.”
― James Tiptree Jr.

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“This is how a man looks when he's deciding that the risk of death is better than the risk of change.”
― Stephen King, Cell

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“Your mother must have been disappointed when the abortion only killed your conscience.”
― Hiroshi Sakurazaka, All You Need Is Kill

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