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On Monday, 8:15 a.m., August 6, 1945, the world changed forever. In the single largest act of destruction ever initiated by humans, a bomb with the equivalent force of 20,000 tons of TNT shattered Hiroshima, killing tens of thousands of civilians, people who had become used to the American war planes flying overhead, planes that were purposely not dropping bombs on their city, to the point where the rush to the bomb shelters had become lackadaisical, and the normal activities continued with little interruption – getting the children up and off to school, opening the many small retail stores for the daily customers, perhaps stopping at a local café for morning coffee or tea, perhaps joining in on the group exercise classes. This is the precise instant we entered the postmodern world, one where the easy truths of centuries no longer applied.Speculative Fiction projects real possibilities beyond the now shattered assumptions, moving through marginalized fictional landscapes – science fiction, fantasy, horror, weird fiction, supernatural fiction, superhero comics, graphic novels, and movies, utopian and dystopian fiction, apocalyptic and post-apocalyptic fiction, Cyber Punk, the New Wave, as well as related static, motion, and virtual arts, including everything from graphic novels to video games.

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Harry Edwin Eiss witnessed the death of his twin brother in the womb. Ten years later, he watched his father die of cancer. It's hard to know if his brother's death affected him. There can be no doubt that his father's death sent him on a lifelong search for meaning and value in the nightmare he had entered. This search led him through several universities, eventually resulting in a PhD in Creative Writing. Then, needing to support a family and wanting to share what he had learned in his search, he began teaching and has done so at various universities. He also published a number of books, all attempts to find life in the intellectual and spiritual wasteland that surrounded him. Anyone interested in his journey and discoveries can find the books he has published on his blog site: harryeiss.blogspot.com. He welcomes fellow travelers as he continues to seek the ghost in the machine.

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