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Critical Care Freebie
March 26, 2026
The Acolyte: A Novel Still no cover art for The Acolyte, but any day now. The publication date is set for June 9th. Samples coming soon. Critical Care: A...
Send The Dead Freebie
February 26, 2026
In case you missed the book launch for my novella, Send The Dead, the Kindle version is free for four days on Amazon, from Thursday, February 26th to Sunday,...
The AIs Are No Longer Science Fiction
February 7, 2026
From Fantasia and the Sorcerer's Apprentice to the Apes at the Waterhole in 2001: A Space Odyssey
The AIs Like Their Chances
December 10, 2025
Will Time Magazine name an AI as Person of the Year. Let's ask the AIs.
The Other Side Of Unsustainable
October 20, 2025
A $37 Trillion Credit Card Balance Transfer During the last U.S. presidential election, American voters insisted that the economy was issue number one, but...
Ten Thousand Repetitions
October 7, 2025
What writing and killing flies have in common.
Four Short Stories
September 24, 2025
Originally published in the New Yorker, Esquire, Story Magazine, and Smoke.
Send The Dead
August 12, 2025
She can't call the police, so she summons the dead.
Warren Buffett
May 13, 2025
A retrospective of New York Times opinion pieces written by Richard Dooling about Warren Buffett,
I Would Prefer Not To - (#1)
January 22, 2025
Welcome You have subscribed to I Would Prefer Not To, published by author Richard Dooling. Plain and Simple No paywalls, no ads, no subscription fees, no...