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Absolutely Zero AI

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The use of AI (artificial intelligence) in the generation of content is growing at an exponential rate. It has reached the point where :.ab.:users can draft lengthy blocks of text and have their work rewritten by AI at the click of a button. There is little doubt that books and other media generated entirely by AI are sneaking into the marketplace–and the rate of its infiltration will only grow in coming years.

This is why we at Verdant Angle Press feel the need to make our stance against AI clear:

Verdant Angle Press and its writers, contractors, and contributors will NEVER use AI in the creation of books and other media. This includes but is not limited to: writing (i.e. text, composition, plot, idea generation), artwork (i.e. cover art, illustrations, graphics), suggestions and feedback, and professional correspondence (i.e. emails, blog posts, ads). The <only> possible exceptions are the use of “spellcheck” and/or “grammar check” functions in word processors, if those word processors use or will someday use AI to perform these standard tasks, and potentially for the aggregation of public data for otherwise human-based marketing decisions and deployment. We do not and will not use third party AI-based software such as Grammarly to edit or refine our works.

Let it be known that Verdant Angle Press and its authors, contractors, and contributors use ABSOLUTELY ZERO AI in the creation of our texts–from pen and paper to print. We are and always will be human–however flawed that may reveal us to be.

The Smith Emerges

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Welcome to Antwood.

A man loses his wallet, loses his job, loses his mind–and finds so much more. The city he’s inhabited for north of a decade is a reservoir of secrets unknown to most of its residents. There are places no one goes, and neighborhoods of which no one knows. Harlan Smith is about to go–and know–to extremes never thought possible.

The Smith is the first glimpse of Antwood to emerge from the bunker :.smile.: and venture out into the light of day. It’s a place of mystery and magic and wonder. It’s a nexus. It’s a warren. It’s a tumor above a mycelial underground. Above all, it’s a place of possibility. And don’t forget: the river Shellborn runs through it.

The Smith is now AVAILABLE–so avail yourself of the tale and venture forth into Antwood.

Lamp Land Release

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Great things are coming May 1st.

It’s been so long (and so long again) and now it’ll be here oh-so soon.

Lamp Land is a tale of a young girl (Verdigris) who ventures inside an ancient djinn’s lamp to partake in a mission of (unknowingly) dire consequences.

What is it like inside a djinn’s lamp? You may ask. Verdigris will tell you it’s hot and rather sandy.

What is the true nature of this metallic scarab in the girl’s possession? It’s arcane and just as alive as it is seemingly inanimate.

Lamp Land features (8) primary illustrations hand-drawn by the artist Bradley Kachnowicz specifically for this work.

Lamp Land is coming May 1st in print and eBook formats.

It’s a quick and snappy adventure the whole family can enjoy.

Digital Frontiers

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SHELL is now available in eBook format!

If you’re still on the fence, pop on over to the product page and check out the first 7 plus chapters or so in the eBook “Look Inside” feature. (Yes, the chapters are short and snappy, as befitting the tale.)

Physical, concrete objects are in our opinion far superior–they are safer, let’s say, from corruption. They’re easier on the eyes, and there’s nothing quite like assembling your own library in your home.

That said, digital formats take up infinitely less space, are received instantaneously, and are more convenient for the majority of people in this day-in-age. In this case, they are also much cheaper and more “economical” (if slightly less, in our opinion, pleasurable).

So SHELL has broken into the digital space, as will Lamp Land when the time comes.

This spring, yes, as we turn the final screws…

On the Horizon

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Prototype soon to be in hand, we are on the final stages leading up to the release of Shell — August 8, 2021. That’s 8 / 8 / 21. Significant? Significant in the way that 8s are upright infinities and shell has a tendency toward such a form.

Shell will be available exclusively in PRINT for the foreseeable future. The reasoning behind this is partly due to the time required to learn and implement the E-book formatting process, but mostly due to a deeply-rooted belief in the importance of physical media.

Once Shell goes live, our focus will turn toward our second novel set–ideally–to release in Q4 of 2021, Lamp Land. More on that later.

Year 2021

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It’s rather funny how we humans view time cyclically–each revolution our Homeworld makes around the sun marks a new year and when we reach the same point we entered it at, we ourselves gain a digit. The numbers tick up, providing both reference and weight. Things (happenings, mistakes) tend to repeat themselves, and that too lends a cyclic quality.

But time isn’t really like that, is it? Its true form is likely something we cannot conceive with our dimensionally restricted minds. As a thought experiment, however, I sometimes like to try and imagine time as an incline we’re all marching up; somewhere along the incline is a sudden cliff. Where’s yours?

Welcome to 2021, a year of great, great things! SHELL will be coming out of its :.burrow.: and into the light of day. Will it stand? We’d like to hope so. We’re optimistic. But only time will tell.