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  • The Hotel Mirrormere

    Behind Brighton’s peeling seafront, the Hotel Mirrormere keeps its curtains drawn and its memories carefully labelled. Its owner, Verity Voss, is a jaded immortal who hoards tapes, photographs, letters, and rumours, hunting proof that others like her still exist. The young staff who drift into her orbit find refuge, work, and a dangerous kind of…

  • The Stochastic Stylist: A Forensic Analysis of Algorithmic Rhetoric

    Abstract As Large Language Models (LLMs) have integrated into global discourse, a distinct “AI idiolect” has emerged. This thesis argues that AI rhetoric is not merely a reflection of its…

  • Omni‑Logic Public License (OLPL)

    The Omni‑Logic Public License (OLPL) is a modern, enforceable license built for the next century of software — one where humans, corporations, and artificial systems all interact with code in ways traditional licenses never anticipated.

  • The Waiting Half

    Jimmy Cole imports cheap clothes and thinks he understands the cost of wanting things. In Cebu, he meets Marisol: clever, attentive, beautiful, and carrying an old story he is too charmed to hear. When he brings her to London, she slips easily into his warehouse, his flat, and his lonely life. But at night, something…

  • A Scabrous Introduction to The Time of Pox; or, The Viscount’s Last Clean Shirt

    A retro Restoration comedy in four acts, performed for the diversion of the Crown, by your most obedient and plague-avoiding bard.

  • THE DAMP ASCENSION

    In “The Call of the Codfather,” the Children of Thalassor, a declining cult, meet covertly beneath a fish bar, struggling to invoke their drowned god, Thalassor. When reluctant scion Billy Pike returns for a funeral, he inadvertently unleashes chaos but ultimately negotiates a system for both the god and his family, transforming their absurdity into…

  • THE LEDGER OF BENEVOLENT ASCENSION

    When independent accountant H. B. Carrow is hired to examine the books of a charitable occult religion, he expects hidden income, improper deductions, and perhaps a little clerical fraud. Instead, he finds a devotional pyramid scheme built on grief, debt, and human collateral. Lower-tier believers fund the comfort of trustees while being reduced, line by…

  • The Bloodless Audit #14

    The Bloodless Audit #14

    Chapter Fourteen: Closure Notice The case closed on a Friday because cases liked Fridays. That was one of Lydia Venn’s smaller professional beliefs. Bad news preferred Monday mornings because management…

  • The Bloodless Audit #11#12#13

    The Bloodless Audit #11#12#13

    Chapter Eleven: The Route Archive The Route Archive was not a depot. That was the first useful disappointment. Mark had expected buses. Leah had expected buses. Caz had expected something…

  • The Bloodless Audit #8#9#10

    The Bloodless Audit #8#9#10

    Chapter Eight: Public Interest Judith Vale chose the bus station. This disappointed everyone. Leah had expected a courthouse, a newspaper office, a church, perhaps some half-forgotten municipal chamber where oaths…

  • The Bloodless Audit #5#6#7

    The Bloodless Audit #5#6#7

    Chapter Five: The Authority Above The ambulance did not go to hospital. That was the first twist, though Lydia did not learn it until later. At the time she was…

  • The Bloodless Audit #4

    The Bloodless Audit #4

    Chapter 4 Error Margin