by MarktheAuthor | Nov 14, 2025 | Fiction, Novels, Private Investigator, Serialized, Writing
Call Me Careful When a kid goes missing, there’s really no possible way to justify the importance of a seventy thousand dollar car sale. I was elbow-deep in 240Z engine grease, replacing the ignition switch for the umpteenth time, when my sister, Renée, called to test...
by MarktheAuthor | Nov 14, 2025 | Private Investigator, Process, Serialized, Writing
Beginnings are impossible. I’ve been starting the author game for 20-plus years. It rarely appears as work in progress. Fits and starts. That’s my record. Fits lead to starts/restarts lead to fits, ad nauseam. Time to stop beginning and advance. Accept my invitation...
by MarktheAuthor | Sep 19, 2025 | Life, Personal, Process, Writing
A Portent Of Trouble “I looked, and there before me was a pale horse! Its rider was named Death, and Hades was following close behind him. They were given power over a fourth of the earth to kill by sword, famine and plague, and by the wild beasts of the earth.” —...
by MarktheAuthor | May 6, 2025 | Amateur Sleuth, Artificial Intelligence, ChatGPT, Fiction, Process, Short Story, Writing
Installment Eight of Me and ChatGPT Note to readers: This article contains content created by LLM ChatGPT. The story portion is the product of my prompt and ChatGPT’s response. The rest of the article is my unadulterated creation, thunk up out of my own brain. Please,...
by MarktheAuthor | Feb 22, 2025 | Amateur Sleuth, Artificial Intelligence, ChatGPT, Process, Short Story, Writing
Installment Seven of Me and ChatGPT Note to readers: This article contains content created by LLM ChatGPT. The story portion is the product of my prompt and ChatGPT’s response. The rest of the article is my unadulterated creation, thunk up out of my own brain. Please,...
by MarktheAuthor | Jan 26, 2025 | Artificial Intelligence, ChatGPT, Fiction, Process, Short Story, Writing
Installment Six of Me and ChatGPT Note to readers: This article contains content created by LLM ChatGPT. The story portion is the product of my prompt and ChatGPT’s response. The rest of the article is my unadulterated creation, thunk up out of my own brain. Please,...
