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The Architecture of Awareness - Chronicles

Noir. Black and white. A publisher operates and old fashion linotype news paper print shop.
  • THE UNDERGROUND

Chronicle 1: The Blueprint on Cold Zinc

Jack Hammer3 weeks ago4 days ago07 mins mins
This entry is part 1 of 10 in the series The Architecture of Awareness - Chronicles

The linotype doesn’t lie to you. It doesn’t deal in hopes, and it doesn’t take stock in promises. It runs…

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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.
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Chronicle 2: The Unwritten City of Ash

Jack Hammer2 months ago4 days ago05 mins mins
This entry is part 2 of 10 in the series The Architecture of Awareness - Chronicles

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

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Noir. Black and white. A large Gangster brute has stomped his foot down causing a chasm to open up down the middle of the street. At the other end of the street a little girl points down at the chasm that is racing towards her.
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Chronicle 3: Sovereign Dust on The city of Ash

Jack Hammer3 weeks ago4 days ago04 mins mins
This entry is part 3 of 10 in the series The Architecture of Awareness - Chronicles

My hand instinctively brushed the cold steel of my badge, a small anchor in a world that always threatened to…

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Noir. Black and white. A noir detective and his 20 year old, Punk Rock daughter stand in front of a country lake that stretches to the horizon. The detective has skipped a stone across the lake and the stone goes on forever.
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Chronicle 4: Iron Street Fault-Line on the Water

Jack Hammer2 weeks ago4 days ago010 mins mins
This entry is part 4 of 10 in the series The Architecture of Awareness - Chronicles

Every cop who ever walked a beat knows the difference between an outside job and a leak in the plumbing….

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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.
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Chronicle 5: Rag and Bone in the City of Ash

Jack Hammer2 months ago4 days ago06 mins mins
This entry is part 5 of 10 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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Cyber-noir couple sits in a 1940's kitchen. A Cyber-punk teen stands in the doorway looking defiant.
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Chronicle 6: Code and Chrome

Jack Hammer2 months ago4 days ago04 mins mins
This entry is part 6 of 10 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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