short fiction
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Checked Out
Todd sat behind the counter of the Days Inn on a dreary, drizzly winter afternoon checking the night log.
a message i received about a story about chess
Dude, I used that new GPT-4 language model, trained it w/ some plaintext annotations of chess games (think just a few mil), and it spawned this output last night while I was asleep?
Ob-La-Di, Ob-La-Da
The neighbors were going to toast the bomb.
Less Animal
I am the only man of my village allowed to mate.
Creation Narrative / The Last Particle
Creation Narrative
In the beginning, there was only God and all else was nothingness. God looked into the void and knew He was alone. And even God, who was infinitely knowledgea
Resurrection Man / Rope Trick
Resurrection Man
excerpt from an interview with a professional grave robber
Q: Have you ever dug someone up and discovered that they were still alive?
A: No, they’ve all bee
The Passion
Prologue
The Man Who Was Legion Testifies
I used to live over there, beyond those hills, in the catacombs, and sleep on the soft earth of fresh graves. I used to throw myself on t