HMIC / Books
Nonfiction from the lab, and fiction from HMIC and HMIC Creative. The nonfiction carries the same habit as the benchmarks: trace the signal through the chain and show the work.
Nonfiction / Published by HMIC / September 2026
TJ Jung's first nonfiction book: a practical theory of human-AI signal-chain identity in thirty-eight short chapters. It uses films, games, music, biology, sales and software to show how meaning survives handoffs between people, models, machines and interfaces, and how a small signal can recover a large body of shared context.
Paperback and Kindle. The opening section is free to read here.
Fiction / HMIC Creative / Mystery adventure
A Mongo Mystery Adventure
A resort famous for the world’s best spicy salmon has a vampire problem, and the Mongo Mystery Solvers take the case, with a van full of bouncing blanket creatures along for the ride.
Fiction / Published by HMIC / Illustrated fantasy adventure
Through fire, fear, and friendship
When a dragon carries off their queen, a band of young heroes takes the only road fast enough to follow: through a giant’s anger, a cave of lonely monsters, a troll’s unfair game, an ancient spirit’s covenant and a river of fire.
Paperback.
Fiction / Published by HMIC / Picture book, ages 6–9
When the trees in Ribbon Forest grow faces, the Ribbon Forest Savers are called in to help. They meet a witch, frightened monsters, a giant shadow and a Vampire Queen, and each mystery asks them to look again and help someone.
Paperback, 24 pages.
More books in progress.
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