Welcome readers!
teacher. linguist. innovator. author. retired Navy. fiction that crosses boundaries.
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Gulliver’s Travels: The Broligarchy
Welcome to Gigaland: where your worth is scored, your thoughts are branded, and your body is just another subscription tier. Gulliver’s Travels: The Broligarchy follows Sam Gulliver, a journalist turned digital prey, as she navigates algorithmic gods, the whims of techbros, and the terrifying power of going viral.
Part satire, part survival thriller, this immersive techno-nightmare speaks to the modern American dystopia and asks, "What happens when technofascism wins?"
The writing and presentation style of Gulliver’s Travels: The Broligarchy is a razor-sharp blend of speculative satire, digital noir, and immersive media storytelling. Visually layered and multimedia-rich, the story integrates faux tweets, glitchy broadcast alerts, product ads, influencer streams, and corporate propaganda right into the narrative, creating a world that feels both surreal and unnervingly familiar.
Read episodes of Gulliver’s Travels: The Broligarchy every Saturday on Reading.Writing.Revolution on Substack!
Dorothy: Locked & Loaded
Return to Oz through the eyes of the granddaughter of the famous Dorothy Gale. Dot is a combat veteran freshly home from the Marines, and the Oz she encounters is nothing like the stories she was told on grammy’s knee.
Dorothy: Locked & Loaded is a modern tale — more adult, more twisted — a 150-episode tour de force that will make you forget Kansas ever existed in the first place. Originally written in 2010 by six different authors, this two-year project is experiencing its rebirth.
The Scarecrow is a drunk. The Tin Man a murderer. The Lion a music mogul bent on dominating Oz. And Glinda is far from good; she now rules Oz with an iron fist.
The entire story is coming back to life right now on this very page! Click “D:L&L” at the top to navigate to the episodes.
Sesame Swallow, Private Investigator
Sesame Swallow — a sassy, sexy 20-something living the city life in Baltimore. It’s not all about solving crimes - a girl’s gotta eat, sleep, and everything in between, but this gal is determined to set her own course in the world and uncover the mysteries that materialize.
In her debut novel, Sesame happens on her very first case! Aching to escape the humdrum life of a court researcher, Sesame knocks on the right door at the right time (with a little help from her mentor) and stumbles into the case of a lifetime, one that will test every assumption she ever had about being a P.I. and either disappear her forever or put her on the map.
Read more about Sesame Swallow on Substack.
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SJ Stone on Substack
Regular updates on my writing projects, additional content you won’t find anywhere else, and even some spice thrown into the mix.
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SJ Stone on Threads
Following all my indy writer friends, threads about books and writing, fun and silliness, as we all run from the disaster that was Twitter. Find, friend, follow.
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SJ Stone Tumblr
So much of Tumblr is chaos and energy, a mix of images and ideas. I thrive on that energy, and I add mine to it. Tumblr is pure creativity. Follow me into that chaos.
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SJ Stone on Instagram
More of the fun of everyday social media with all of the writing updates! A little of this and that — an easy way to stay up-to-date.
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SJ Stone's Political Fiction
From Letters to the Editor, you can copy and send out as your own, to memes and graphics you can share, and various forms of political satire, RWR is approaching political narratives, informing voters, and engaging human beings pursuing democracy in new and different ways: less doom scrolling, more storytelling.
