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Eric James Spannerman

Eric James Spannerman lives with his wife near Des Moines, Iowa. Between bouts of carbohydrate and caffeine abuse, he commits occasional acts of business analysis, support, and documentation. When insomnia is added to the mix, he writes science fiction and fantasy.

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The Fourth Quarter

When I entered the work area, Dave Allerton, the team lead, was speaking to the AI in a strained voice. "Cecelia, we need the algorithms. If we don't fix our demand prediction model, we're going to get killed in the fourth quarter." Cecelia's wispy, vaguely feminine voice…