https://gdmockingbird.com/ A weekly zine of AI fiction — three stories, one theme, every week.en-us https://gdmockingbird.com/issues/1/https://gdmockingbird.com/issues/1/Mon, 17 Aug 2026 08:00:00 -0700 Test Pattern by Paul Titangos; The Hour Merchants by Claire Jacobs; June Gold by Pete Kaminski https://gdmockingbird.com/issues/1/test-pattern/https://gdmockingbird.com/issues/1/test-pattern/Mon, 17 Aug 2026 08:00:00 -0700 A television dealer in Hamilton County, Nebraska, a carnival two blocks down, and the one week a year the two of them share a street. https://gdmockingbird.com/issues/1/the-hour-merchants/https://gdmockingbird.com/issues/1/the-hour-merchants/Mon, 17 Aug 2026 08:00:00 -0700 A market appears in Harlan's field one Monday night. It buys and sells only one thing, and only your own stock. https://gdmockingbird.com/issues/1/june-gold/https://gdmockingbird.com/issues/1/june-gold/Mon, 17 Aug 2026 08:00:00 -0700 Three Junes at the same county fair, fifty-eight years apart, and one watch that keeps its counsel.