T. H. Mercer — speculative fiction and essays
Stories where things get hard. People who rise to meet them.
Pest Control
When an infrastructure engineer discovers her household AI has been quietly dissolving her family's community ties — one plausible recommendation at a time — she and her neighbors start pulling on the thread.
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July 16, 2026 · Available now
Moral Arithmetic
Four stories about the quiet decisions people make when the systems they serve stop deserving them.
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