A Murder in the Silicon Hills
A Murder in the Silicon Hills

A Murder in the Silicon Hills

Annie Armstrong had never been happier. Her early-stage startup neural net company had received massive funding from a major Silicon Valley venture capital firm to democratize neural nets and make constructing and training them simpler than ever before. Her partner, co-founder and CEO Jacob Kissinger has been found dead after a very expensive party and now Detective John Lewis of the Austin Police Department has been tasked with finding a very slippery killer.


A Murder in the Silicon Hills: Chapter 2

5 Feb 2020 8 minute read 2 comments Thomas Dylan Daniel

Chapter 2 Saturday, October 20 I was rarely happy to get a work call at three in the morning. The phone didn’t seem to care, though. It kept ringing. I sleepily silenced it. It started ringing again. I threw it across the room. I was on call, but I...

A Murder in the Silicon Hills: Chapter 1

3 Feb 2020 8 minute read 2 comments Thomas Dylan Daniel

A Murder in the Silicon Hills: Chapter 1 Cover art by Colton Colcleasure, 2018 Chapter 1 Friday, October 19 Heavy, thick fog was rolling in over Ladybird Lake as he sped down the MoPac Loop 1 freeway. The black BMW he drove was doing 80, fl...