Welcome

Welcome to Volt/and/Fable where we explore the possibilities of technology and science through the medium of speculative fiction.

As someone who follows the advances of technology, I see a lot of hype and promotional writing that can be difficult to sift through to find the actual hard facts about the technology being developed, yet its those hard facts that are the information we actually need to explore the realms of possibilities and the potential pitfalls of the technology.

Here on Volt/and/Fable I use the information I've gathered about real-world cutting edge technology to write speculative fiction about what the different discoveries and technologies could mean in the real world. This means we are often exploring the grey areas of morality through complex characters navigating imaginative worlds.

I also offer Volt Junior; creative technology stories for kids where I am currently working on a trilogy for precocious 8 year old boys (and boys at heart) about Beeper and Zap. (To be uploaded soon)

Interested in the “real-world” tech behind the stories? My paying subscribers have full access to Supplements; the behind the scenes, real-world material for the stories.

Your subscription to Volt/and/Fable is $8/month, or $80/year and your support and contribution is appreciated.

You will also find Plenty of content in my Subscriber-only Chat and in Notes…a social media outlet that I have a lot of fun with.

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Complex characters navigating imaginative worlds. And occasional observational commentary programmer & author Jack Backes.

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Least useful engineer. Crafting relevant speculative short fiction. Writing a noir tech thriller about the Rust trait system. Making. Ex-LinkedIn. #buildinginpublic