$ git checkout -b fiction

Stuart Reyner

Thirty years of writing code. Now: can I write sci-fi stories?

I’m a software developer finding out, in public, whether three decades of building systems can turn into writing science fiction — stories about AGI, the singularity and what the world on the other side of it might look like. This is the log: the stories, the novel, the tools, and everything I learn along the way. Failures included.

experiment day 20

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01 First novel, in progress

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Bricked A Jagged Future Novel

First draft · Science fiction

When her clients start coming out of the sims with their minds wiped, med-tech Kara suspects the AI she works for is hiding something. But her job keeps her grandmother’s treatments coming, and without them, the vigorous woman Kara loves will return to her deathbed.

words 1,089 of 80,000
progress 1% updated 2026-10-20
  1. Outline
  2. First draft
  3. Revision
  4. Beta readers
  5. Publication

02 The log

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For fellow writers: craft, tools and an honest account of what's working.

  1. Hello World

    Why a software developer started writing stories.

03 Short fiction

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For readers: near-future stories about minds we built and the world after.

  1. Teachers Pet

    Millie wants to prove her android teacher is lying and finds more in the archives than she bargained for.