Patch Notes — the series
The Greatest Show in this Universe. Other universes' results may vary.
New here? Cosmic horror — start with Patch Notes Vol. 1. Thriller reader — start with The Epsilon Shift.
Stories from an Imperfect Universe
Reality runs on patches, and somebody has to file them. Volume 1 opens the ticket queue on an imperfect universe: glitches, ghosts, and the worn-down administrator keeping existence online. Cosmic horror for anyone who's ever whispered 'please don't crash' at 3 AM.
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The tickets get stranger and the stakes get higher. Volume 2 goes deeper into the Imperfect Universe — where the Being finally steps out of the shadows — as the backlog grows and the patches get harder to apply.
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Volume 3. The backlog continues. Coming 2027.
A quantum thriller saga
A quantum thriller. Elara Vance's perfect memory makes her the only witness to a reality being rewritten — and when the Custodians start editing the world, remembering the truth becomes the most dangerous thing she can do.
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Book 2 of the Epsilon series. The next reality.
You can tell from the detail and from the attitude that the author has done his time at the grubby end of IT support and admin work.
— Amazon Customer, verified purchase, on Patch Notes Vol. 1
A rollercoaster of fun from start to finish. Whether you're a tech guru or simply a fan of imaginative, reality-bending sci-fi, this one's for you.
— Brandon Long, Amazon review, on Patch Notes Vol. 2
If you enjoy the suffering of IT with a dose of Black Mirror sprinkled on top, you will enjoy this also.
— Dani, Goodreads review, on Patch Notes Vol. 1
Download Patch Notes: Legacy Code when you join the newsletter. Find out what happened 7 billion cycles before The Being inherited a broken universe.
Follow the glitches, meet the administrator, and decode the language of a universe held together one ticket at a time.
Imperfect Universe / Canon Archive
Reality runs on patches, and somebody has to file them. This is the canon — the stories, the administrator, and the glossary of a universe held together with duct tape and determination.
It started with a fly that shouldn't have died. Down the rabbit hole from there.
A bullied kid, a teacher who sees him, and a shadow with a mind of its own.
A god arrives. No ticket was filed.
Vernon Locke's motive had a soundtrack: money in, money out.
The day reality got hacked, and the helpdesk caught the ticket.
Fulda, 1989. The Cold War had an SLA, and somebody breached it.
Volumes 3–6: the backlog continues.
The Being inherits a broken universe. (See: Legacy Code — free with the newsletter.)
The ticket queue opens. Glitches, ghosts, and the admin keeping existence online.
The Being steps out of the shadows. The backlog grows; the patches get harder.
The backlog continues. Forthcoming.
Author / Field Notes
Jerome O. Pinkney, Jr. spent ten years in Army Military Intelligence and twenty-six years in IT — which is to say, he has spent his entire adult life finding out what is really going on and keeping the system up. The Patch Notes series is what happened when he started writing it down.
He writes cosmic horror about the people who maintain reality, and quantum thrillers about the people who break it. He publishes through his own company, Protech Prime Publishing — no gatekeepers, on his own schedule.
He lives in Pennsylvania. He is always in his stories.
Imperfect Universe / Open Filing System
Patch Notes / Media
Scenes from the Imperfect Universe, free to watch and free to keep. Start with the walk. The Being has been making this round for a long time.
Take the walk home with you. The Being, coffee in hand, crossing the field of doors, with one door open on the whale. Sized for widescreen desktops, free for personal use.
