https://www.dankerdake.com/home daily 1.0 2025-06-11 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e914aaa0c86dd43d3159d40/3bde0af9-bceb-476a-80a9-d7d44ba4cbac/Facebook+cover.png https://www.dankerdake.com/contact daily 0.75 2020-08-06 https://www.dankerdake.com/about daily 0.75 2022-08-27 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e914aaa0c86dd43d3159d40/1586584895265-UZPUR4VTMOU4EVH2LIJH/headshot%2Bskinny.jpg About - About Joshua Danker-Dake Joshua Danker-Dake is an editor by day and a science fiction writer by night. He lives in Tulsa with his longsuffering wife, their three irrepressible children, and a tank full of cannibal guppies. Things he gets rather excited about include bombastic European power metal, He-Man and the Masters of the Universe, St. Louis Cardinals baseball, and conversations about science-based health and fitness. He served as the President of the Tulsa NightWriters, Tulsa’s oldest writers’ club, from 2017 to 2019. He was also an editor for and regular contributor to Diplomacy World, the flagship publication of the Diplomacy hobby, from 2009 to 2018. Awards First Place, Sci-Fi/Fantasy Novel - OWFI 2017 First Place, How-To Article - OWFI 2017 Second Place, Sci-Fi/Fantasy Short Story - OWFI 2016 First Place, Film Script - OWFI 2015 https://www.dankerdake.com/the-retail daily 0.75 2020-07-31 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e914aaa0c86dd43d3159d40/1586586432666-9D6VV3N8DK62I1HDCSNB/retail+cover.png The Retail Aspiring writer Penn Reynard has just joined the ranks of America’s fifteen million retail workers: fresh out of college with an English degree, he can’t find a job anywhere except at the local big-box hardware store. Working returns, Penn experiences firsthand the often comical absurdity, chaos, and shenanigans of the retail world. At least he has a new romance with a coworker going for him—if he doesn’t screw it up. The constant pressures of dealing with hostile customers, oblivious coworkers, and overbearing management begin to take their toll on him, though, and as his desired career path threatens to fall out of reach, Penn struggles to break free of retail’s clutches. https://www.dankerdake.com/404 daily 0.75 2020-04-14 https://www.dankerdake.com/projections daily 0.75 2020-08-13 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e914aaa0c86dd43d3159d40/1595002959734-YXQQVZU8V5YLPRQ858M0/Projections+cover.jpg Projections Megacorporation Xiong Holonautics’ top executive is dead, murdered with the company’s revolutionary solid hologram projector, and this dangerous new technology has been stolen. To catch the killer, retrieve the prototype, and save both his company and his job, desperate and dutiful Chief of Security Green Greene must navigate the deceptive world of holograms, where illusion can be indistinguishable from reality and where visually, at least, anything is possible. The metropolis of Portsmith is unforgiving, but Greene has an ace up his sleeve: his former partner, Juha Karjalainen, who has a unique eye for holograms. But Juha is eccentric and unpredictable—and he may also be a murderer. As Greene struggles to determine not only what is real but also who he can trust, he finds himself embroiled in a deep and deadly conspiracy—one that will test his loyalties and endanger those he loves most. https://www.dankerdake.com/faqs daily 0.75 2025-06-11 https://www.dankerdake.com/pursuits daily 0.75 2022-10-01 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e914aaa0c86dd43d3159d40/d31f7688-c52c-4029-a521-eb8f34e447aa/Pursuits+cover.jpg Projections 2: Pursuits How do you stop a weapon you can’t see? Xiong Holonautics’ Chief of Security Green Greene has saved his company from ruin, but even greater challenges lie ahead. A deadly bombing has shattered Xiong’s newest hologram exhibition, and the evidence points to Greene’s old partner and friend, Juha Karjalainen. But the other megacorporations are after Juha, too, and they will stop at nothing to gain every advantage. When Greene learns that Xiong’s biggest rival, Algary Applications, may be behind the attack, he must embark on a covert mission into the heart of the enemy company to discover the truth. If he succeeds, he might be able to even the playing field—but if he fails, he risks triggering all-out war between the corporations. As Greene pushes himself to his breaking point, he finds that he must decide exactly how much he’s willing to sacrifice for his company—and for his friend. https://www.dankerdake.com/new-page daily 0.75 2024-10-18 https://www.dankerdake.com/grocery-run daily 0.75 2024-11-12 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e914aaa0c86dd43d3159d40/2cc76c35-40ac-4c55-8ca4-4b39a1a315e1/GroceryRun_8x5.png https://www.dankerdake.com/interviews daily 0.75 2025-06-11