Jack Massa

Soul Escort Science Fiction Short Story: An AI is taught to assist patients at the end of life support. But first it must be tested.

New and free to read on my Substack.
speclectic.substack.com/p/soul-escort

Quote from His Holiness the XIV Dalai Lama
(found in a drawer today)

"No matter how corrupt, greedy, and heartless our government, our corporations, our media, and our religious & charitable institutions may become, the music will still be wonderful. If I should ever die, God forbid, let this be my epitaph: The only proof he needed for the existence of God was music."

RIP Kurt Vonnegut. Gone 18 yrs. Dang.

Anyone reading steampunk science fiction or fantasy in serial form? On which platforms do you find it? #steampunk #serialfiction #scifibooks

Announcing the Season 10 Round One Lunar Award Winner Celebrating the best Fantasy stories on Substack

So pleased to announce that my short story, "The Bard of Bayonne" was chosen runner-up at the Lunar Awards Fantasy collection over at Substack. www.lunarawards.com/p/announcing...

Furta Sacra and "Matter of the Heart" Once upon a time relics were big business. Enough so that rival abbeys, churches, chapels, sanctuaries and other assorted holy places stol...

My Valentine to you! A relic thief on the job (free story through blog link), kindly published by @Penumbric
angelisawood.blogspot.com/2024/10/furt...

"Uncle’s eyes flicked from my sister’s to me and back again. Did he notice the cards trembling as I played them?"

Air Travel Where are we going? A micro-fiction

Just dropped a new Flash fiction on my Substack. A story I dreamed up this week (literally). speclectic.substack.com/p/air-travel

The Christmas Ball Without further ado, here for your reading pleasure is the story of a Christmas ball in London in...

A Christmas into New Year's tale

Part 2 of my investigation into using AI tools for story-writing: The Experiment!
speclectic.substack.com/.../writing-....

The Presidential Papers by John Kessel: Review by Gary K. Wolfe The Presidential Papers, John Kessel (PM Press 979-8-88744-058-3 , $16.00, 160pp, tp), October 2024. PM Press’s series of “Outspoken Author” collec­tions, reaching its 30th volume with John Kessel’…

“THE PRESIDENT’S PAPERS as a whole reminds us that this very nice man also has some pretty acerbic ideas about capitalism, media culture, and often contradictory American values.” @garykwolfe reviews new work from John Kessel locusmag.com/2024/12...

Ho Ho Ho!

Writing Fiction with a Chatbot. Or Not. Part 1 - An Exploration

Just posted: Part 1 of my study of using AI tools to write fiction. speclectic.substack.com/p/writing-fi...

Blue sky and water with white clouds and an Australian Pine on shore, photographed today in Venice, Florida.

Beautiful today in Venice, Florida.

Gambits, Gaffs, and Grift An explosive new investigative report by Kathryn Joyce reveals the broader context of the New College takeover. A must read!

Kathryn Joyce has nailed the New College of Florida story. Here's my recap and highlights on why you should read the whole darn thing:
fourwindsvox.substack.com/p/gambits-ga...

Statue of the Goddess Fortuna in a Florida garden next to a shaft of sunlight.

Statue of Fortuna this morning in our back yard.

The Lady and the Unicorn (I) The Lady and the Unicorn tapestries, housed today in the Museum of the Middle Ages in Paris, haunt the imagination. Woven around 1500 for a...

#arthistory

Florida skies reflected in Lake.

Possibly the best photo I ever took. Lake Tarpon, Florida, May 2022.