Before he was Old-timer, he was Craig Emilson, a young doctor, sucked into military service at the outbreak of World War III. Enlisting to become a Special Forces suborbital paratrooper, Craig is selected to take part in the most important mission in American military history-a sortie into enemy territory to eliminate the world's first strong Artificial Intelligence. The mission is only the beginning of Craig's story, and for the story of humanity as well, as they accelerate towards a world that is post-human.

Flash fiction and flash nonfiction anthology created to celebrate 10 years of DimeStories, a venue for 3-minute stories read by the author online, on the radio, and at monthly open mic events in California and New Mexico. Contributors include: Carolyn Allport, Jill Badonsky, Lisa Beebe, Molly Beer, Alex Bosworth, Janet Clare, Dee Cohen, Lawrence Goeckel, Debbie Hagan, Sara Henry, Casandra Lopez, Tara L. Masih, Mary Morris, Susan Paquet, Joel Peckham, Judy Reeves, Ruth Roberts, Jennifer Simpson, Seth Slater, Karen Stromberg, Cynthia Sylvester, AnnaLee Wilson, Ellen Yaffa, and Liz Zuercher