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Jim Munroe

Jim Munroe

I Have A Guy in My Head

My first novel launched twenty years ago today. To mark the occasion I’m publishing the first of a series I’m calling the Fallow Essays…

Feb 17, 2019

I Have A Guy in My Head

Feb 17, 2019

Jim Munroe

The plastic seats were not designed with a cupid’s bottom in mind, Abe thought.

He reread the beginning of the manual to take his mind off of it while he waited for his test to be graded.

Dec 22, 2015

Dec 22, 2015

Jim Munroe

I knew the cameras in the elevators would be trouble.

They have a series of red lights around the lens that reminds me of some kind of malevolent robot. I’m sure they serve no purpose except to…

Dec 21, 2015

Dec 21, 2015

Jim Munroe

Sidney had found the heart in a dollar store.

It was red and transparent and sparkly, and she had bought it for her mom for Christmas. It was in a strange place in the store, behind…

Dec 21, 2015

Dec 21, 2015

Jim Munroe

In the early days of crimefighting, his powers had been more useful.

He was a victim of his own success, in a way, unable to resist the celebrity after so many years of anonymity.

Dec 19, 2015

Dec 19, 2015

Jim Munroe

Carson drove my garbage truck for years, and he was a real loudmouthed prick.

But I got a good driver now, guy named Jason. He’s young enough to be my kid, but he drives steady and doesn’t keep up the constant “Johnny…

Dec 19, 2015

Dec 19, 2015

Jim Munroe

My brother’s one of them early adopters.

Can be insufferable about it sometimes. I remember one Christmas he showed up with gesture recognition back when it was new. Showing us…

Dec 17, 2015

Dec 17, 2015

Jim Munroe

It’s OK to cry, said the thief to the thug, and she squeezed his hand.

Their legs dangled off the bridge and a flask was passed between them.

Dec 16, 2015

It’s OK to cry, said the thief to the thug, and she squeezed his hand.

Dec 16, 2015

Jim Munroe

On this planet guilt was erased by cell death, so bounties were especially hard to collect, I…

The legal system had been built on the idea that people’s cells regenerated after 10 years, making them entirely new people not responsible…

Dec 15, 2015

On this planet guilt was erased by cell death, so bounties were especially hard to collect, I…

Dec 15, 2015

Jim Munroe

Terry received the invitation while at work, and faked being sick so she could go home and log in.

She felt bad about it, but she told herself she was channelling Alicia, the clever one — admittedly not her favourite of the Real Bunch of…

Dec 14, 2015

Dec 14, 2015

Jim Munroe

Jim Munroe

Jim Munroe writes books, movies, games and comics. He is a “pop culture provocateur” according to the Austin Chronicle. http://jimmunroe.net

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