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Chapter 1 – Encrypt Thyself (Part I) Elaine glanced up from the diffuse glow of code to see Zane at the window. For the third…Oct 10, 2011
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Chapter 1 – Encrypt Thyself (Part II) The first members of Zane’s team arrived through the back door as she was lining the phones up.…Oct 13, 2011
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Chapter 2 – Whiskey Tango Foxtrot (Part I) “Webcams show six people around the house,” Elaine said. She flipped open her phone and started plugging away…Oct 17, 2011
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Chapter 2 – Whiskey Tango Foxtrot (Part II) “You’ll be able to stand in a minute or so,” Elaine said without lifting her eyes from the…Oct 20, 2011
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Chapter 3 – Beware Voicemails Bearing Cases (Part I) A place for everything and everything in its place, read the plaque on the Dean of Engineering’s desk.…Oct 24, 2011
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Chapter 3 – Beware Voicemails Bearing Cases (Part II) “Those students all have fit our guidelines for graduate prog—” “I’m not finished.” Chairwoman Naughton raised a knifelike…Oct 27, 2011
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Short Story: Hadaly’s Day Out (Part I) [Hadaly’s Day Out (feat. Brother Jed) by Kyt Dotson is a short story in the Black Hat Magick series. If you…Oct 31, 2011
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Short Story: Hadaly’s Day Out (Part II) Without another word she burst into motion and ran—at the fairly restrained rate of about the speed of…Nov 3, 2011
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Short Story: Hadaly’s Day Out (Part III) To that the preacher crooked his staff in his arm, raised his Bible overhead, and then beat on…Nov 7, 2011
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Chapter 4 – The Accusation Waltz (Part I) Frog borrowed Zane’s motorcycle, which he graciously offered after she flashed him a brilliant grin and promised to…Nov 10, 2011
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Chapter 4 – The Accusation Waltz (Part II) Frog fell heavily into one of the stiff, thinly upholstered chairs and crossed her legs. She leaned back…Nov 14, 2011
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Chapter 4 – The Accusation Waltz (Part III) “As I intimated,” he said, settling back into his chair again. “I want to hire you. I will…Nov 17, 2011
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Chapter 5 – Cheaters Do Prosper (Part I) The dean made a long show of feigned disinterest as Frog and Elaine exited his office. Although he…Nov 21, 2011
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Chapter 5 – Cheaters Do Prosper (Part II) “There’s a lot of reasons people cheat,” Frog said. She tossed a lock of her green hair from…Nov 24, 2011
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Chapter 6 – Maneuvering for Advantage (Part I) Elaine watched stoically as Frog’s class let out and a flood of students torrented past, breaking like a…Nov 28, 2011
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Chapter 6 – Maneuvering for Advantage (Part II) Frog started to protest and folded her arms across her chest. “Just because the dean doesn’t know how…Dec 1, 2011
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Chapter 6 – Maneuvering for Advantage (Part III) Larry began to ask them what they’d like, but paused mid-word when he noticed Frog’s dark sunglasses and…Dec 5, 2011
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Short Story: Invincible (Part I) [Invincible by Kyt Dotson is a short story in the Black Hat Magick series. If you would like to…Dec 12, 2011
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Short Story: Invincible (Part II) And predict she did. Hadaly slid between the incoming missiles like a burning butterfly—the sentry droids were fast,…Dec 15, 2011
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Chapter 7 – Turnabout is Fair Ambush (Part I) Frog positioned herself between Elaine and the stairs. Once there, she claimed the space; she spread her arms,…Jan 9, 2012
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Chapter 7 – Turnabout is Fair Ambush (Part II) Larry folded his arms and sighed loudly. “What is it?” Hitting a stud on the side of the…Jan 12, 2012
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Chapter 8 – The Instrument of Improbability (Part I) Elaine stoically attended to other developing facts appearing in the datastream of Hadaly’s investigation as she and Frog…Jan 16, 2012
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Chapter 8 – The Instrument of Improbability (Part II) He ducked out of the room and Casey sat down heavily in a chair across from where Brad…Jan 19, 2012
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Chapter 8 – The Instrument of Improbability (Part III) The entire set of testing took almost three hours as Brad had predicted and by the time they…Jan 23, 2012
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Chapter 8 – The Instrument of Improbability (Part IV) Larry Pilgrim spoke up. “Brad and I take German,” he said. “I’m a bit more advanced but he’s…Jan 26, 2012
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Chapter 9 – Tango on the Catwalk (Part I) The gentle crinkle of ionizing air emanated from Frog’s skin as Hadaly gently brushed her holographic hand across…Jan 30, 2012
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Chapter 9 – Tango on the Catwalk (Part II) Elaine shook her head. “If someone is spying on him by leaving bugs in his office,” she said.…Feb 2, 2012
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Chapter 9 – Tango on the Catwalk (Part III) Agent Toller waited for him to grab his latte before she waved hers at him speculatively. “I take…Feb 6, 2012
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Chapter 10 – Cakewalk Tango (Part I) “The dean isn’t in this morning,” the woman behind the receptionist’s desk said, her voice a dead-monotone matter-of-fact.…Apr 30, 2012
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Chapter 10 – Cakewalk Tango (Part II) “I’m not the enemy here,” Zach said. She glanced up from her phone just in time to watch…May 3, 2012
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Chapter 10 – Cakewalk Tango (Part III) Both having listened in, both Russell and Benjamin nodded vigorously. “I love this thing,” Russell said, gesturing with…May 7, 2012
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Chapter 11 – DarkNet Follies (Part I) Achievement Unlocked: Darknet Mission Accepted Warning: Mission dispenser device is tamper resistant; attempts to breach internal firewall will…May 10, 2012
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Chapter 11 – DarkNet Follies (Part II) “Longitude in this hemisphere is negative,” Elaine said, pushing her glasses back up the bridge of her nose.…May 14, 2012
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Chapter 11 – DarkNet Follies (Part III) “Zane,” Elaine said as she watched the newborn program compile into bytecode and begin to produce results. “I…May 17, 2012
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Chapter 12 – A Spy in Our Midst (Part I) When Elaine returned to her lab she could feel the fatigue clawing through her veins and she knew…May 28, 2012
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Chapter 12 – A Spy in Our Midst (Part II) Frog rolled her eyes and tapped a long fingernail on an empty soda can. “Might I hazard a…May 31, 2012
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Chapter 12 – A Spy in Our Midst (Part III) After they finished, Benjamin stepped back from his work. Each box included not only the coordinates but notes…Jun 4, 2012
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Chapter 13 – Klaatu Barada Nikto (Part I) Frog, Elaine, Zane, gathered in one of the Computing Common’s many stairwells with Sarah Pilgrim, Larry Pilgrim, and…Jun 25, 2012
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Chapter 13 – Klaatu Barada Nikto (Part II) “It’s a very competitive game,” Brad said. He gestured towards the laptop as he paced back and forth,…Jun 28, 2012
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Chapter 13 – Klaatu Barada Nikto (Part III) The metallic voice of the robotic automatic message repeated what the earlier voicemail said about the subject of…Jul 2, 2012
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Chapter 14 – You Shall Not Pass! (Part I) “I think that her friends are onto me,” Agent Warren said aloud as he leaned back from the…Jul 23, 2012
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Chapter 14 – You Shall Not Pass! (Part II) The Memorial Union of Arizona State University always looked as if it prided itself at being the center…Jul 26, 2012
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Chapter 14 – You Shall Not Pass! (Part III) A queue of people had already begun to form in front of the MU basement theater. The university…Jul 30, 2012
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Chapter 15 – It Takes More Than Two to Tango (Part I) When Agent Kathy Toller disembarked the hybrid car she no longer looked like she actually intended to shoot…Sep 10, 2012
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Chapter 15 – It Takes More Than Two to Tango (Part II) “That horrible man!” the woman burst out. She lurched such that it almost seemed as if she might…Sep 13, 2012
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Chapter 15 – It Takes More Than Two to Tango (Part III) “Schemes involving code breaking, I suspect,” she said. “I watched this World War II documentary on the History…Sep 17, 2012
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Chapter 16 – A Leg to Dance On (Part I) With the welding visor down, Elaine couldn’t see anything except for an augmented reality interface and the subject…Oct 1, 2012
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Chapter 16 – A Leg to Dance On (Part II) “When she does go to prom on this leg, she’ll be able to wear a dress that shows…Oct 4, 2012
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Chapter 17 – It’s All About the Quasars, Baby (Part I) The next day landed on a Friday, the results of the winners from the previous day’s DarkNet exploits…Dec 17, 2012
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Chapter 17 – It’s All About the Quasars, Baby (Part II) Frog grabbed her safari hat and snugged it atop her head. She flung the door to the hallway—she…Dec 20, 2012
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Chapter 17 – It’s All About the Quasars, Baby (Part III) She waited for the girls to seat themselves before gradually descending back into her own. The sway-backed leather…Dec 24, 2012
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Chapter 18 – No Bothans Were Harmed During This Operation (Part I) Zane enthroned himself in his ergonomic computer chair in the living room as he, Elaine, Frog, Roger, and…Dec 27, 2012
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Chapter 18 – No Bothans Were Harmed During This Operation (Part II) “Actually, no,” Elaine said. “Neither of these Universities shows a great amount of anomalies. What is anomalous here…Dec 31, 2012
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Chapter 19 – Special Agent N00bcake (Part I) Special Agent Ellis Warren found himself clearly out of his depth. Years of training as a field operative,…Apr 22, 2013
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Chapter 19 – Special Agent N00bcake (Part II) Shodan didn’t appear to mind, as he waited to find out what would happen next, another message popped…Apr 25, 2013
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Chapter 19 – Special Agent N00bcake (Part III) “I’m more interested in if people use it for less-than-legitimate purposes.” Their trek took them into a workshop…Apr 29, 2013
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Chapter 20 – An Early Morning Set-Up (Part I) Zane and Elaine found themselves in the back room of her brother’s house, lording over a sleepy-eyed DarkNet…Jun 24, 2013
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Chapter 20 – An Early Morning Set-Up (Part II) Brad Wright and Casey Vargas stood shoulder to shoulder in front of the semicircle of people that made…Jun 27, 2013
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Chapter 21 – The Shutters Conspiracy (Part I) Professor James Shutters stared nervously at the two FBI agents standing on his stoop, uncertain how to proceed…Jul 1, 2013
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Chapter 21 – The Shutters Conspiracy (Part II) “It’s not what it looks like,” Shutters finally said with a single long breath. “What we’re doing isn’t…Jul 4, 2013
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Chapter 22 – Priming the Pump (Part I) The “highly orchestrated action in Student Records” would begin to play itself out in mere minutes; but Elaine…Jan 13, 2014
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Chapter 22 – Priming the Pump (Part II) “With all the relevant data points,” Elaine said, “we can see that someone is using some sort of…Jan 16, 2014
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Chapter 22 – Priming the Pump (Part III) “Whitaker certainly seems to have a lot to lose if something goes wrong,” Toller said. “Is that what…Jan 20, 2014
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Chapter 23 – Tango’s Two BTCents (Part I) “Well, that was cryptic,” Frog said after Tango logged out. Tango didn’t spend long on World of Warcraft,…Jan 23, 2014
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Chapter 23 – Tango’s Two BTCents (Part II) “Hadaly,” she said, “bring up any new information you’ve gathered about the students involving the cheating ring, the…Jan 27, 2014
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Chapter 24 – Roger That (Part I) “I found out something interesting about Tango’s professors,” Hadaly said. “Is it related to your cheating ring investigation?”…Jan 30, 2014
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Chapter 24 – Roger That (Part II) Roger Powers walked like a cat stalking prey. Adam had retreated from the front of the hall, two…Feb 3, 2014
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Short Story: Vulnerable (Part I) [Vulnerable by Kyt Dotson is a short story in the Black Hat Magick series. It is the second-in-sequence after Invincible, published…Feb 6, 2014
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Short Story: Vulnerable (Part II) “Coming in loud and clear,” Frog said. “What now?” “I have established the diagnostic net,” Elaine said as…Feb 10, 2014
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Short Story: Vulnerable (Part III) “I can’t upload a sample of the virus,” Elaine said. “It’s extremely contagious and I cannot let it…Feb 13, 2014
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Short Story: Vulnerable (Part IV) “She won’t die, exactly,” Elaine said. “Hadaly-Actual is here and she’ll live on.” “Aren’t we obliged to at…Feb 17, 2014
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Chapter 25 – Knocking Open Doors (Part I) Every lock in the entire hallway in both directions simultaneously unlatched itself after Elaine ran the KNOCK program…Feb 20, 2014
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Chapter 25 – Knocking Open Doors (Part II) Morehouses’s office was occupied. When Frog opened the door she thought it had been unlocked by the KNOCK…Feb 24, 2014
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Chapter 26 – Something Strange is Afoot (Part I) “Boss,” Hadaly said, her voice projected from the speakers on Elaine’s Enoch so that Frog could hear it…Feb 27, 2014
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Chapter 26 – Something Strange is Afoot (Part II) “You think the message from Mercer is legit?” Toller asked Warren as she eased the car into the…Mar 3, 2014
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Chapter 27 – It’s Time To Tango (Part I) “Why did you send me the list of professors that you did?” Elaine asked. Warren blinked a few…Jul 21, 2014
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Chapter 27 – It’s Time To Tango (Part II) She withdrew the Enoch from her hip, opened a circular menu that accessed the surveillance spellcode in the…Jul 24, 2014
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Chapter 27 – It’s Time To Tango (Part III) The small girl wore a white button-down shirt–collar turned up so that a small microphone could be clipped…Jul 28, 2014
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Chapter 27 – It’s Time To Tango (Part IV) Dean Harwood huffed and made as if to sit back down in his chair. His eyes flashed to…Jul 31, 2014
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Chapter 28 – My Moriarti to Your Holmes (Part I) The dean chose to remain in his office after he regained use of his back and leg muscles…Aug 4, 2014
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Chapter 28 – My Moriarti to Your Holmes (Part II) The weekend and the late hour worked to Elaine’s advantage as she sped across the campus. Her surroundings…Aug 7, 2014
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Chapter 28 – My Moriarti to Your Holmes (Part III) Linscott breathed another sigh and Elaine’s eyes turned towards him. He gave her a slow, hard, look and…Aug 11, 2014
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Chapter 29 – Case Closed (Part I) Today the dean looked less like an old British man in a trimmed suit and more like an…Aug 14, 2014
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Chapter 29 – Case Closed (Part II) Frog smirked and passed a finger through some curling green hairs dripping down her bangs. “I know everyone…Aug 18, 2014
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Chapter 29 – Case Closed (Part III) Elaine walked over and took the phone from him, once unlocked and the cryptography on the phone broken…Aug 21, 2014