Galvanic Panic

by Brandon Swarrow, Mary S Redd Magnotta (Editor), Daray King (Contributor)

Super A.I. Data Centers are spawning, with alarming speed, across rural America, provoking a massive wave of resistance among a broad swath of the population. Deeply skeptical, and highly suspicious, people What purpose do they serve? Do we really need more fake videos? How will these Data Centers with their unprecedented consumption of water and electricity, impact our environment and power grid? Sadly, it appears that answers to such questions are not forthcoming since local efforts at organized resistance and regulation are playing Davids to corporate Goliaths with their armies of lawyers vast financial resources. Galvanic Panic offers a vision of our possible collective future if the billionaires who control the technology sector, in alliance with our politicians, are given free reign to develop A.I. It also may serve as your family's guide to surviving it.

145 pages, Paperback

Published October 9, 2026

About the author

Brandon Swarrow has five highly suspenseful short fiction novels; The Barn, Hugo Read This!, The ThrillPlex Theater, Coulro and his most recent Galvanic Panic. He has also published several short stories, and poems. Brandon currently resides near Pittsburgh, PA with his wife Michelle and two children.