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William Essex

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The Journey from Heaven

The Journey from Heaven

Chandrael cannot bear suffering and attempts to counter it with miracles. In The Journey from Heaven he works out how to intervene in human life.

2019

Stories

Pinned

Call Yourself a Coffee Drinker?

Come outside and tell me about that subtle hint of citrus.

Feb 24, 2023

Big coffee machine operating, coffee dripping into a cup.

Feb 24, 2023

Pinned

Farewell, My Laundry

What if we’re still heroes but nobody notices?

Mar 13, 2023

Man with an umbrella, rainy street in a city. Dusk.

Mar 13, 2023

The Dark Side of AI

Are We Sick of Ourselves?

2d ago

Under a grey sky, a concrete pier going out into the sea. Various signs, a figure standing at the end of it.

2d ago

You and I and AI

We’re in this together

Dec 23

Two men with their backs to us. One is wearing a rucksack and a Covid-style mask. He is listening to the other, who is wearing a T-shirt with ‘AI’ printed on the back.

Dec 23

A Poem for the Moment

It’s that time of year again.

Dec 19

Natifity scene, with painted wooden figures.

Dec 19

Talking Up A Storm

Before we had wifi, where did the ideas come from?

Dec 17

Talking Up A Storm

Dec 17

Waiting For Malky

It’s a routine thing.

Dec 15

Lettering — “EDINBURGH №88” — painted on the silll of a train/tram/bus window, not sure which.

Dec 15

Alt-Hist/Alt-Harris?

Sorry, who won the 2024 election?

Dec 11

Sign saying ‘Bye Don 2020’

Dec 11

Return to The Zone

Back to paper, pen and a Psion-substitute (oh, and that ubiquitous white mug of coffee)

Dec 9

Right-handed person writing on paper with what looks like a propelling pencil. Inevitably, there’s also a white mug of coffee on the table. At least, I think it’s coffee. It has to be coffee.

Dec 9

Desk Strategists

They’re fighting a war designed by a committee

Dec 4

Tiny in the foreground, a man wearing a rucksack looks out across a rugged, hilly, not quite mountainous landscape. The air is hazy; the sun isn’t in the picture but it’s just risen. The man is thinking about the idea of “performative war”, which only works if both sides are deploying promises and threats rather than actual weapons.

Dec 4

William Essex

William Essex

Book Author

Former everything. I still write books, I still write stories. Author of The Book of Fake Futures, The Journey from Heaven, Escape Mutation.

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