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Loving Anna

SCHOOL MUST BE OVER. I hear the front door slam mid-afternoon, followed by the stomp of footsteps as Anna seeks me out. Unfortunately, the odor of melting spray starch leaves me all too easy to find. Read More...

From The MHP Team

When Hierarchies Collapse: The Hidden Cost of Force-Based Power

WE TALK about “checks and balances” in politics, about who holds power and how they use it. But very rarely do we examine the mechanics of power itself—the underlying physics of how force-based hierarchical systems actually operate, and why they inevitably fall apart.

MUSE HARBOR PUBISHING invites you to read an excerpt from The Eternal—one of three curious novellas that comprise Surreality, an unusual collection of irrational stories for disordinary people. Alt-reality dreamscapes from author Dave Workman. Read More...

Okay, so I'm not here to convince you that OpenAI's groundbreaking, Python-based chatbot—ChatGPT—is an essential fiction-writer's tool. I'm aware that some writers are already assuming AI to be demonic, while others consider it The Second Coming. And while I'm not yet ready offer a firmly informed opinion—I will say that, thus far, I'm bedazzled. Read More...