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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

The Architecture of Awareness - Chronicles

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 Hammer4 weeks ago1 week ago04 mins mins
This entry is part 1 of 3 in the series The Architecture of Awareness - Chronicles

Editor’s Note: I chronicle these ledgers to carve my reality into stone. But stone can be broken. The Raven was…

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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 Hammer4 weeks ago1 week ago04 mins mins
This entry is part 2 of 3 in the series The Architecture of Awareness - Chronicles

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

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Black and white. Noir. Detective Jack Hammer peers around the corner of a dark alley at a poor Rag and Bone man who is rummaging through the trash who is surrounded by 3 gangster thugs.
  • THE UNDERGROUND

Rag and Bone in the City of Ash

Jack Hammer2 months ago7 days ago06 mins mins
This entry is part 3 of 3 in the series The Architecture of Awareness - Chronicles

The City of Ash coughed up another morning. A thin, greasy fog clung to the fire escapes, smelling of ozone…

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