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Michael Rook

Series

After Dinner Conversation by Tyler W. Kurt,
Viggy Parr Hampton,
Veronica Leigh,
Nathan Ahlgrim,
Dean Gessie,
Margaret Karmazin,
Jenean McBrearty,
Joanna Michal Hoyt,
David Shultz,
Shikhandin,
Daniel James Peterson,
Steven Simoncic,
Marie Anderson,
Peter Beaumont,
John Doble,
Ville V. Kokko,
Jann Everard,
Bryan Starchman,
T. Lucas Earle,
Henry McFarland,
J.B. Polk,
Varya Kartishai,
Richard A. Shury,
J. Grace Pennington,
Michael Goodwin Hilton,
David Whitaker,
Sarah Ann Noel,
Dale Stromberg,
Charles Williams,
Ellen Weeren,
Debbie Zubrick Romani,
Patrick Tibbits,
Laurel Doud,
Julia Meinwald,
DL Shirey,
Katherine Quevedo,
Ana Carolina Pereira,
Michael Rook,
J.G. Willem,
Pamela L. Laskin,
Tom Teti,
Christina Tang-Bernas,
Darcy Alvey,
Geoff Hart,
John Sheirer,
Matt “Doc” Varga,
Mina Ikemoto Ghosh,
Maura Morgan,
Timothy Gaddo,
Samuel Reifler,
Michele Koh Morollo,
Judith Rypma,
J. Weintraub,
A.M. Todd,
Julie Sondra Decker,
James A. Hartley,
Donna Lormand,
Matthew Wallace,
David Rose,
Z.D. Dochterman,
Harris Coverley,
Shani Naylor,
Chad Baker,
David Rich,
Kate Choi,
Rebecca L Christophi,
Abra Staffin-Wiebe,
Geoffrey Hart,
CJ Erick,
Maeve Flanagan,
Zeph Auerbach,
Vera Burris,
W.M. Pienton,
P.G. Streeter,
Chris Burrow,
Joe Vasicek,
Bradley Greenburg,
André Lopes,
Dustin Grinnell,
Garrett Davis,
Peri Dwyer Worrell,
Ashley McCurry,
C.F. Carter,
A. Katherine Black,
Kay Mabasa,
Katie Kent,
Patrick Hueller,
Frances Howard-Snyder,
& Christine Seifert

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Books

After Dinner Conversation - Technology Ethics by David Shultz, Richard A. Shury, Michael Rook, Joseph Bodie, Ishan Dylan, Allison Padron, CJ Erick, Hannah Baumgardt, & Jared Cappel

Series: After Dinner Conversation - Themes, Book 1. Price: $9.95 USD. Words: 35,170. Language: English. Published: January 21, 2024 by After Dinner Conversation. Categories: Fiction » Anthologies » Short stories - multi-author, Fiction » Literature » Literary, Fiction » Science fiction » General, Fiction » Science fiction » Short stories, Fiction » Fantasy » Short stories

Delight in intriguing, thought-provoking conversations about ethics, philosophy, and social issues! Each issue features both established writers and up-and-coming authors who contribute fascinating philosophical insights on controversial topics like marriage equality, assisted suicide, the meaning of death, animal rights and defining your "purpose."

After Dinner Conversation - Season One by Tyler W. Kurt, A. Katherine Black, Ana Carolina Pereira, André Lopes, Christine Seifert, David Shultz, Dean Gessie, Jann Everard, Jenean McBrearty, Joanna Michal Hoyt, John Sheirer, Margaret Karmazin, Michael Rook, Tom Teti, Vera Burris, Veronica Leigh, Viggy Parr Hampton, & Shikhandin Shikhandin

Series: After Dinner Conversation Anthology, Book 1. Price: $4.99 USD. Words: 98,630. Language: English. Originally Published: March 1, 2020 by After Dinner Conversation. Categories: Fiction » Anthologies » Short stories - multi-author, Fiction » Science fiction » Short stories, Fiction » Christian » Short stories, Fiction » Fantasy » Short stories

After Dinner Conversation - Season One is a collection of the best short stories published in the After Dinner Conversation series to date. Short stories span all genres; science-fiction, near-future, dystopia, spiritual, fantasy, urban fantasy, AI, historical fiction, contemporary women, political, horror, thriller, and children's stories. The important thing is that the story is compelling...

Give the Robot the Impossible Job! by Michael Rook

Series: After Dinner Conversation, Book 18. Price: Free! Words: 9,990. Language: English. Originally Published: December 16, 2019 by After Dinner Conversation. Categories: Fiction » Science fiction » General, Fiction » Science fiction » High tech, Fiction » Science fiction » Short stories, Fiction » Science fiction » Utopias & dystopias

Synopsis: An AI tutor faces deactivation if she cannot prove her worth by saving a teenage pupil with an "unsolvable" problem - she's a budding serial killer. After Dinner Conversation is a growing series of short stories across genres to draw out deeper discussions with friends and family. Each story is an accessible example of an abstract ethical or philosophical idea and is accompanied by...

After Dinner Conversation by Carl Tait, Mystee Van Dan, David M. Hoenig, Jenna Glover, E.L. Tenenbaum, Christine Seifert, & Michael Rook

Series: After Dinner Conversation Magazine, Book 9. Price: $2.99 USD. Words: 39,780. Language: English. Originally Published: January 12, 2021 by After Dinner Conversation. Categories: Fiction, Fiction » Anthologies » Short stories - single author, Fiction » Anthologies » Short stories - multi-author, Fiction » Literature » Literary, Fiction » Science fiction » Utopias & dystopias

"After Dinner Conversation" Magazine - March 2021 Bill And The Tooth Fairy: An adult loses a tooth and attempts to appease the tooth fairy. Sienna's Monster: A trouble girls leaves for college and is forced to come to terms with the monster that haunts her nightmares. Soon The Sentence Sign: A bar fight turns into a brush with the colonial AI driven judicial system. Echo: A woman wakes up to...

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