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Daniel M. Bensen writes science fiction, alternate history, and fantasy. He lives with his wife, daughters, and in-laws in the Balkan Tower of Matriarchy. https://www.patreon.com/danielmbensen

There is a problem in speculative evolution when it comes to sapient people. Predict how a bear might take to the sea and evolve into a whale? Darwin could do it, no problem.1 But turn your knowledge of natural selection to people, and the selection cannot be natural. People hunting plankton in the sea will not evolve into giants who strain water through their mustaches; they'll invent boats and nets. Worse, you, the speculator, are a human yourself. You will almost certainly fail to maintain your objectivity as you consider the reproductive habits of your neighbors. Many writers and artists have attempted to predict human evolution under natural selection, but their best work has still been more political commentary than speculative physical anthropology.The solution of both Dixon and Kosemen was to use genetic engineering and remove sapience. In the case of All Tomorrows, both are part of the same program of cruel torment. Read the full review at my website:
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A ghost story in honor of Halloween, available only to paid subscribers and patrons: It would be nice if I could say I knew her car was haunted the very second I got in, but that's just pride. Fear, too, maybe, of getting old. Used to be, I could spot a ghost from three blocks away. Didn't even need to see its haunt, but there's that pride again. I hear you, boy. Lie back down. It was a long time since I was in the profession. I was glad of it. I came to Bulgaria for love, but I'd be lying if I said I didn't consider the other thing. "Escape" would be too dramatic a way of putting it, but let's just say I was ready to quit eating the dead. https://danielmbensen.substack.com/p/haint-blue-salt?r=7etwc https://www.patreon.com/posts/haint-blue-salt-114939036
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Cover art by Artyom Trakhanov Caught between murder and treachery in the aftermath of the Russo-Turkish war, army medic Andrei chooses escape. His fate, however, is to stumble upon a secret, cave-dwelling pagan cult.For a thousand years the Thracians have hidden in the mountains, killing any outsider who comes too close, waiting for their chance to reclaim their ancestral territory. Now, their prophetess sees a chance to lead her people to victory. All she needs is someone to play the part of her god.Ancient myths and modern empires clash in Wealthgiver, an alternate history romance.New chapters every Thursday on my Patreon and Substack. Go read it.
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