#auto-fiction

a new take on the superhero genre

Feb 28, 2024

Wilbur Doyle and the Walking Distance Mysteries

Here's a short-story based on my whacky, real-life neighbor Wilbur Doyle. We often ignore the strange realities that are just next door.

Dec 8, 2021 • Michael Dean

Late for the Airport

001 The Cross Island Parkway Our flight to San Francisco takes off in under an hour, but here we were, the three of us, bouncing along a foggy Cross…

Jul 5, 2021 • Michael Dean

The Raccoon Coders of Neos

RUMORS I'd been hearing rumors of a small society of people who LIVE inside of a VR application. Maybe a hundred people or so - clocking 10+ hours a…

Apr 12, 2021 • Michael Dean

Crashing Facebook Connect

I joined Facebook's annual VR conference through my Oculus Quest. This one is a cynical, bizarre, and lucid adventure into the strange future that large…

Sep 16, 2020 • Michael Dean

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