Elevated genre fiction, built in the open
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UltraGenre publishes mystery, fantasy, LitRPG, and literary fiction, and builds it in the open. Some books are written the old way. Some use AI in the drafting, and those say so on the byline. The books are the point.
“It's only a betrayal if it's successful.” On the AI question
Three threads
The books, the craft, and the argument.
The books
Genre fiction with language that earns its keep. Chapters and excerpts go up as the books get made. The bar is simple: is it a good book? Read them the way you'd read anything else on your shelf.
The craft
Voice, structure, editorial passes, prompts: the parts most writers don't show.
The argument
What counts as writing when a machine is in the room, and what writers have always done with new tools. It comes up when the work raises it. No manifesto is coming.
The bylines
Two names, one shop.
Gregory Hampton
The mystery novels. Human-written, start to finish.
grAIgory Hampton
The AI-assisted works, published with the process attached: drafts in progress, milestones, and notes on how each one got made.
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