Tragic Science

The legend of the Ozark Howler is as old as the mountains themselves, the bloody tales of terror, mutilation, and murder a foundation block in the region’s folklore. Skeptics dismiss the Howler as nothing more than tall tales and the work of overactive imaginations, but those who have seen the monster tell a different tale. Carter Renfrow is hiding from his past and living the life of a wanted man when a multi-car pileup interrupts his plans, and two worlds collide in an epic clash with life and death hanging in the balance.

What if God has a character, and that character is tragic? This is the question at the heart of Nikolai Berdyaev's strangest and most unforgettable idea—that the Creator is not a calm watchmaker, not an impassive intelligence behind the world, but a personality marked by struggle, freedom, and a wound that runs through divinity itself. Tragic God: Berdyaev and the Abyss takes that idea seriously and follows it where it leads. This is not a portrait of a philosopher.

Some books emerge from a lifetime of hard-won knowledge. Robert D. Kaplan has learned, from a career spent reporting on wars, revolutions, and international politics in Europe, the Middle East, and East Asia, that the essence of geopolitics is tragedy. In The Tragic Mind, he employs the works of ancient Greek dramatists, Shakespeare, German philosophers, and the modern classics to explore the central subjects of international politics: order, disorder, rebellion, ambition, loyalty to family and state, violence, and the mistakes of power.

This short story is about how AI could save humans from themselves after coastal flooding sparks the destruction of civilization in 2050. Wars usually lead to the invention of new technology for weapons. This time, the hoped-for artificial general intelligence weapon does something unexpected as the world is destroyed. The author is a first-time writer offering his vision of the future.

Stone Jackson is the love of Cecilia Jackson's life. Unfortunately, Stone's fallen in love with Lucy, his slave.