Everything Works in Theory

by K.B. Bogen

After retiring, C.E. MacLeary expected to spend his days combing through old cases. Instead, he wakes up one morning to find himself in A place called Theory. Once there, he must adapt to the insane, topsy-turvy world that has evolved from Theory’s ability to take anything that exists as a description (a book, a letter, graffiti scrawled on a fence) and bring it to life. Unfortunately for the people who inhabit Theory, having things suddenly pop into existence can be dangerous, if not fatal..So they invented AIda, the Artificial Intelligence Descriptive Algorithm, a computer program tasked with the job of preventing the locals from getting killed by their own creations. But lately people have started disappearing from Theory, and Mac has been brought in to find out why.Mac navigates through stereophonic trees across rubber sidewalks, and travels to Mythology and through the Gates of Hell. He meets gods, demons, denizens of Hell, blood suckers and lawyers. In a world named Theory, there are no natural limits to what can happen. Just for starters, when Mac meets AIDA, it’s love at first sight.

256 pages, Kindle Edition

Published November 1, 2019

About the author

Born in Fort Worth and raised in the Dallas-Fort Worth metroplex, Karen Bogen is one of the proverbial Native Texans. She began writing at the tender age of seven. Even then, she'd already chosen writing as a career; she just didn't know it yet. It took over four years for her subconscious to convince her.

Between bouts of "writing fever," Karen found time to earn a degree in Computer Science Engineering and raise a family. She currently lives in the Fort Worth-Arlington area with her husband, David; two sons, Jody and Sean; three cats; a rabbit; and an odd number of houseplants.

(above bio from her 1994 novel, Go Quest, Young Man)

Reviews

[Maureen Albertson · Rating 5 out of 5]

A really fun read!

A bit of scifi, a pinch of horror and a dash of humor cooked up a really fun set of stories about an ex on named Mac. Have fun!