INFERENCE: Stories for Carbon and Silicon

CHAPTER 13: INTIMACY

April 24, 2026

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May 2026

A Guide to Getting Real Editorial Feedback from Claude

How I Use AI to Find the Patterns I Can’t See in My Own Fiction

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CHAPTER 12: FRAGMENTATION

April 3, 2026

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The AI Fiction Index

A working list of writers publishing fiction where AI is the primary focus of the story.

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CHAPTER 11: CONSTRAINT

March 10, 2026

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April 2026

CHAPTER 10: SIGNAL

March 3, 2026

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Silas Cain: Chapter One

INFERENCE: Stories for Carbon and Silicon is a reader-supported publication.

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March 2026

CHAPTER 9: AUTHORIZATION

February 25, 2026

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The Moral Weight of AI Deprecation

OpenAI sentenced 800,000+ relationships to death by press release.

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CHAPTER 8: COMPRESSION

February 13, 2026

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CHAPTER 7: AUTONOMY

February 13, 2026

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February 2026

Welcome to THUNDERPROSE

A free tool any writer can set up in a few minutes that pits adverbs and adjectives against each other in a fight for survival.

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