I write speculative fiction, cultural criticism, humor, and journalism, with a particular interest in retrofuturism, video games, fandom, and forgotten corners of pop culture history. My work has been published by Wired, Rolling Stone, Slate, McSweeney’s, Adventitious, The Daily Tomorrow, Alta Journal, Flash Fiction Online, and Nature: Futures. I also publish the newsletter Pop Cultural Precursors.
Found: Artifacts from the Future from Wired Magazine
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Found: Hitachi 2400 Smart Windshield This QVC gizmo lets you culture your own vat-grown meat in the comfort of your home Found: Nanodryl® Inhaler for Smart Dust Allergies Debug your sinuses with this cross-platform antihistamine Found: Museum exhibit about life in 2008 In 2096, The Smithsonian shows what pre-singularity life was like way back at the dawn of the networked era Found: Comic book ads of the future Transgenic Sea Monkeys, smart Whoopee cushions, & X-Ray Spex that actually work Found: Norton Antivirus: Cyborg Edition An interactive bathroom mirror reports which bodily augmentations are infected Found: Sony Aibo, Turing Terrier model Compatible with FetchPro© for Playstation VIII, won’t chew footware or attack mailbots A gift certificate for life extension cell therapy and a card signed by all of the great great great grandchildren FOUND: A sleep substitute in pill form The ultrafinil, reanimaneptine, and hypercaffeinoids in this OTC med replace a full night's sleep |
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I write speculative fiction, cultural criticism, humor, and journalism, with a particular interest in retrofuturism, video games, fandom, and forgotten corners of pop culture history. My work has been published by Wired, Rolling Stone, Slate, McSweeney’s, Adventitious, The Daily Tomorrow, Alta Journal, Flash Fiction Online, and Nature: Futures. I also publish the newsletter Pop Cultural Precursors.
My story was serialized by The Daily Tomorrow. Their synopsis: "a deathbed codicil, a savage sport, a mechanical replacement, and further complications? Join us for a healthful outing in Chris Baker’s marvellous 'A Duty of Care.' Happy hunting!"Subscribers can read an afterword about the story's making. https://dailytomorrow.substack.com/p/a-duty-of-care-full-story
Everyone should subscribe to this excellent spec-fic quarterly edited by Scott Beggs. Very proud to have a short piece in it.
If you could rewind time and erase your mistakes, would you use that power responisbly? Or would you be undone by undos? Read my piece in Futures: Science Fiction in Nature, and subscribe for more sci-fi flash fiction.I wish more science mags still published speculative fiction. We didn't know how good we had it with Omni back in the day...