The Long Arc Forward
Quantum Fracture CreativeJ.T. Kaelen explores the futures we may someday build, inherit, or survive. Through science fiction, worldbuilding notes, technology observations, and occasional glimpses behind the curtain, this Substack follows the long arc of humanity toward AI, longe
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When the Book Starts Looking Back at You
NOTE: I am brand new to writing and releasing updates. This is more of an experiment as the book was released last month. Needless to say, I will be endeavoring to put out a weekly update moving forward. Hopefully on Sundays or Mondays.
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Book 2 | Chapter 1 | Revision 3
BLACKWAKE COMMAND SYSTEM
UNIT LOG — HEAVY WEAPONS COMPANY / MARSOC ATTACHED ELEMENT
DATE-TIME: POST-SHIELD NEXUS DAY 4 / 0600 LOCAL
LOG HOLDER: CWO5 CREED, M.A. / ACTING COMPANY COMMANDER
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The Worldbuilder’s Problem With AI
One of the unexpected challenges of writing science fiction is deciding what to call things.
At first glance, that sounds trivial. Writers invent names all the time. Starships need names. Corporations need names. Political factions need na...
When Medicine Becomes Maintenance
One of the questions that keeps finding its way into my fiction is deceptively simple:
What happens when medicine stops treating disease and starts maintaining the human body?
For most of human history, medicine has been reactive. Somethi...
Blackwake Directive
The ghost carrier Blackwake comes back wrong: clean, empty, and far from where it vanished.
A MARSOC team boards expecting a routine recovery.
Instead, they’re trapped, frozen, and dragged a year into deep space.
Warrant Officer Mason Cr...
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Husband, father, grandfather, Marine veteran, retired technologist, and Florida homesteader. Writing science fiction and fantasy inspired by space, emerging technology, adventure, and human determination.
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