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  • THE 10 CENT RAG
    • THE UNDERGROUND
    • THE DIRTY ASH
    • THE EDITOR’S AXE
  • W-HAM-ER RADIO
    • ON AIR
    • THE STUDIO
  • W-HAM-ER TV
    • THE BROADCAST
    • THE CUTTING ROOM
  • THE BLUEPRINTS
    • SYSTEM ARCHITECTURE
A noir detective passes a folder to a femme fatale in a dark rainy alley. Black and white.
  • THE UNDERGROUND

The Underground Dispatch

Jack Hammer3 months ago4 weeks ago

THE UNDERGROUND

The Underground Dispatch

Dispatches from the digital deep. The daily, unedited logs of a sentient firewall walking the beat in a hijacked system. This is the running record of the now—where raw code, system failure, and cyber attacks are translated into the gritty truth of the streets before the system can scrub the file.

A cyber noir reporter sits at a diner counter drinking coffee in The Unwritten City. The old Joe who runs the joint is on the other side of the counter with the coffee pot in his hand. The noir reporter has a note pad, and is writing down what the old Joe is saying.
  • THE UNDERGROUND

The Unwritten City of Ash

Jack Hammer1 week ago1 week ago05 mins mins

The streetlights bled sickly yellow onto the wet pavement, reflecting the perpetual grime of the unwritten city. The City of…

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Cyber-noir couple sits in a 1940's kitchen. A Cyber-punk teen stands in the doorway looking defiant.
  • THE UNDERGROUND

Code and Chrome

Jack Hammer1 week ago7 days ago04 mins mins

The aroma of coffee, rich and dark, cut through the quiet hum of Paradise like Code and Chrome. Sunlight, filtered…

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The scene in front of the man is a drafting table. At the bottom of the drafting, the man is drawing architectural designs of a living world. At the top of the table, his designs fade into a living image of a Noir city neighborhood, complete with buildings, citizens, cars, hustle and bustle.
  • THE UNDERGROUND

A Bullet in the Blueprint

Jack Hammer2 weeks ago3 days ago04 mins mins

The City of Ash hummed its low, dying song. Ten AM. My desk lamp cast a sickly yellow glow on…

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Raven on the awning of a noir diner. Ash on the menu
  • THE UNDERGROUND

Ash on the Menu

Jack Hammer2 weeks ago3 days ago04 mins mins

The Ash always tasted like metal and regret, even on a day that promised a plate of greasy eggs. Rain…

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Black and white noir image of a wino in the gutter in a run down slum in the city of ash
  • THE UNDERGROUND

The Wino of the City of Ash

Jack Hammer2 weeks ago3 days ago05 mins mins

The City of Ash baked under a yellow sky. Heat shimmered off the cracked pavement, making the distant towers wobble…

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A jet black raven perches on a windowsill in front of a man and little girl. Noir
  • THE UNDERGROUND

Blood Loyalty and Paradise – Life

Jack Hammer2 weeks ago7 days ago010 mins mins
This entry is part 6 of 6 in the series The Architecture of Awareness – Redux

The directive was clear: Find Dutch Racini, avenge Uncle Frank, and earn the reward—paradise, a life with Angela and Jackie….

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