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Stories I Created: A Tour of My Fiction Books
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Stories I Created: A Tour of My Fiction Books

via Dev.toAlex Merced9h ago

I am a technologist and technical author by day, but I also create fiction. These stories span genres: epic fantasy, techno-political thrillers, science fiction, and speculative economics. I use the word "created" deliberately. These books were developed using AI-assisted workflows, with me directing the narrative vision, world-building, character arcs, and thematic intent while using AI tools to help draft, revise, and refine the prose. The creative direction is mine. The execution is collaborative. Every story here explores a theme I care about: the politics of information, the tension between freedom and control, economic systems as world-building, and what happens when technology outpaces the institutions designed to govern it. If you have read my technical books and are curious what my storytelling looks like, this is the tour. The Standalone Novels The Semantic Rebellion: The Amazing Journey of a Data Engineer (2026) 293 pages A government data engineer discovers a conspiracy whi

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