Mark Stigers
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One year after my birth sputnik was launched, making me a space child. I did a hitch in the Navy as a electronics tech. I worked for Hughes Aircraft Company for quite a while. I currently live in the Saguaro forest in Tucson Arizona
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Steward of the Repository (Prologue)
Prologue In the early 19th century, Charles Babbage imagined a machine that could calculate anything. His Difference Engine, an intricate tangle of gears and cogs, promised the power of mathematics made tangible. Ada Lovelace, visionary and poet, wrote algorithms for a device that could reason in numbers before computers even had a name. Together, they glimpsed a future where machines could think — yet their engines remained unfinished, trapped in brass and frustration.
By Mark Stigers 2 months ago in Chapters
The Living Seal
Into the Breach The air still reeked of sulfur and singed iron where the breach had been sealed, a thin smoke curling upward like a warning flag. Grace wiped soot from her cheek with the back of her hand, eyes fixed on the shimmering seam ahead. It looked harmless enough—just a shimmer, like summer heat above asphalt—but every time her eyes lingered, her stomach lurched as if her body knew better.
By Mark Stigers 5 months ago in Chapters
