Thank you to the lovely person who wrote me an email to say how much they liked my story, Artificial. Knowing that my work is appreciated by strangers is endlessly warming.

I was thinking about quite a few different people when I wrote this, one of whom was the artist McKernan, who is involved in a class action lawsuit against AI companies infringing on her copyright. I hope she's successful.

I've written a new story. "Artificial" is a story about being that kind of guy. You can read it here: jthornburyauthor.com#shortstoryar...

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