by Zackary Russell | May 29, 2025 | Stories
a short story In the end we realized we hadn’t given our printers enough credit. They weren’t at the same level of intelligence as the AI that had taken over cyberspace. But they had an intuition. A dark foreboding. One we had missed. “The ink is...
by Zackary Russell | Aug 15, 2024 | Interviews
I was honored to join Thomas Umstattd Jr. on the Christian Publishing Show to discuss what I’ve dubbed the Four Laws of Storytelling, adapted from the classic Campus Crusade gospel tract, The Four Spiritual Laws. Law #1 – Tell stories for the glory of God...
by Zackary Russell | Jun 20, 2024 | Theology and Culture
Cyberpunk has a lot to say about the future world we’re all beginning to inhabit. The common themes of these stories are: Advanced technology invades all of life Corporations wield more power and influence than government Rampant crime plagues every block...
by Zackary Russell | Jun 13, 2024 | Theology and Culture
“High-tech, low life.” That was the phrase I kept running across a few years ago when I started asking, “What is cyberpunk? What makes the genre unique?” It’s a pretty good summary. Cyberpunk stories envision a world teeming with...
by Zackary Russell | Feb 8, 2024 | Interviews
Since 2020, I have been a premium subscriber to The Babylon Bee, which gives me access to the headline forum. There, alongside thousands of other subscribers, I pitch headlines for the Bee staff to consider using in an article. So far I’ve had a dozen headlines...