Short-Stories

Seven Stories from the Order

What a companion collection does that a novel cannot: the Order's history at human scale, told by the people left standing in the gap.

Is It Kind? Eight Passes at One Question

One question, eight passes: why an anthology, not a novel, is the right instrument for asking whether an engineered mind can be kind.

Is It Kind?: Stories from The Policy Universe

Eight stories set in the universe of The Policy. Each stands alone. Together they explore what happens when kindness is engineered, alignment is tested, and the question "is it kind?" echoes through every decision an artificial mind makes.

Seven Stories from the Order

Eight stories from the world of Echoes of the Sublime. The Order's history, seen through the translators, the researchers, and the ordinary people caught in the gap between human cognition and what lies beyond it.

Stories of Your Life and Others

Notes

Short fiction with rigorous thought experiments.