Call for submissions: MAINSPRINGS

Call for submissions MAINSPRINGSTales of Typewriters in the Age of AI edited byRichard Polt, Frederic S. Durbin, and Andrew V. McFeaters published byLoose Dog Press mainspring, n.: a typewriter’s reserve of potential energy, waiting to uncoil Loose Dog Press’s COLD HARD TYPE series returns with a fresh topic that explores the technological frontier. A new power has arrived like a tsunami: generative artificial intelligence, with its effects on everything from education to economy to environment. Are typewriters even more obsolete now, remnants of an ever more distant past? Or are they poised to offer surprising and essential services in this new age? MAINSPRINGS invites contributions of short fiction, true stories, poetry, art, and photography. Contributors may explore synergies between typewriters and AI, conflicts between them, or creative and ambiguous encounters. Deadline for submissions: January 20, 2027 Submit your work to Richard Polt by e-mail or post (see below). It will be…