I’m Mike, a retired primary school headteacher with a lifelong interest in storytelling, language, and what happens when you push a form to its limits.
The AI Grandad is my home for short fiction and flash fiction. The stories here span dark and dystopian territory, psychological unease, constrained forms, and the occasional departure into something altogether different. Some are written by AI, prompted and shaped by me. Some are written by me directly. All of them are worth your time, or so I’d like to think.
Short fiction suits me. I like the economy of it, the way a well-made piece of flash fiction can land harder than something ten times its length. I’ve come to the conclusion that I simply don’t have the patience to write a novel, though there are days I think I might manage a novella!
If you’re curious about the thinking behind the work, the process, the prompts, the questions about creativity and authorship that this kind of writing raises, that conversation happens over on Substack. You’d be welcome to join me there.
If you’ve followed me before, thank you for joining me on this new adventure. If you’re new here, welcome, pull up a chair, pour yourself a coffee, and let’s see what an old mind and a young machine can create together.
Thanks for reading.
Mike
The AI Grandad 