Literary Fiction / Sci-fi / Humour

Originally published in Tonic Review, Issue 5 (July 2026)

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Rhodri is a terrible writer who yearns for literary success. So he builds an artif to write him a masterpiece, imbuing the machine with a programmatic consciousness mimicking Dylan Thomas. But when the artif Dai starts making demands, Rhodri wonders if being a famous writer is really all its cracked up to be.  

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