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Lucas Vance

Technology is the setting. Humanity is the subject.

"Every system we build eventually reveals something about the people who built it."

Essays

Standalone

Before Trust

An essay about why readers don't need to trust a writer first — capped with a disclosure that puts its own argument to the test.

Narrative

Excerpt

Stories for When You’re Older

A father remembers the chaotic night his son arrived nearly two months early, and the moments of fear, helplessness, and unexpected tenderness that surrounded his first hours of life.

Fiction

Series Pilot

Minor Calibration

A family lives inside a house that loves them a little too efficiently. Patagonia, 2085 — the Living City era.

Children's Books

The Magic of Science

Real science can feel a little like magic. 6 books, each in English and Spanish.

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How Earth Found Her Moon

The Universe in Your Room

Why Does the Moon Change Shape?

The Magic Beneath the Skin

The Magic Behind a Sneeze

The Magic of Sleep

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