Anemoia is nostalgia for an era you never personally experienced. It was first coined by John Koenig in his 2012 book The Dictionary of Obscure Sorrows. You can read more about it here.

The free preview (prologue + chapters 1 & 2) of Timecode: Anemoia is available on the Timecode Extras page of the website. You can access it directly here.

I’d had the idea to write a disaster book about Y2K, but it never really came together. A few years later, I heard about the one and only time Michael Jackson and Princess Diana—the two most famous people on the planet—met at Wembley. After this meeting, they reportedly developed a close friendship and frequently talked on the phone for hours. I started wondering what it would be like to be a fly on the wall in historical moments like that. That thought, combined with the unfinished Y2K idea, is what became Timecode.

Indi and everyone in her world are fictional characters. Some elements are inspired by stories I’ve heard from friends over the years, but the narrative itself is entirely fabricated.

The remnants, however, are as historically accurate as possible. While the specific scenes and dialogue are dramatized, they are grounded in extensive research. Where the historical record is thin, I created the most plausible scenarios based on what we do know.

But as far as I know, Hoover never built a memory-capture machine in the eighth sublevel of the Pentagon, though it does feel very on brand for him.

In the book, Indi experiences remnants: immersive visions of history as it really happened. Cut remnants are remnants that didn’t make it into the book. Not canon, but the stories are too good not to tell. They are extras exclusive to newsletter subscribers. Sign up for the newsletter here to start receiving them in your inbox.

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Book 2 has a targeted release date of June 2027. More details will be announced as the date approaches.

Yes, I have the general architecture of the entire series mapped out in my head and written in copious notes. I thought it was important to know where Indi’s journey was going to end up before writing a single word of Book 1. However, the details of how things end up will likely still surprise me.