Welcome to the official website for Jos Crane. Jos Crane writes stories that focus on alternative realities and dystopian settings. A software engineer during the day, and novelist at night, he splits his time between family, composing music, and complaining how video games have gotten too difficult and too long over the decades. He has spent most of his life in Colorado splitting a fine balance acting as a computer geek and an outdoorsman.  Jos continually earns certifications for advancing his education, though he has no plans to use them for anything useful.

Latest posts:

  • 5-Word Mystery
    It’s Christmas. Presents are missing.
  • Drowning
    It was disgustingly hot outside as the sun beamed right overhead just before the afternoon heat settled in. The swimming pool was the only way to cool down, so the young boy took the opportunity to visit. It was crowded to no one’s surprise. The boy jumped in holding his knees tightly against his chest. When he bounced up, he barely stood above the 3 foot waterline and found his head tilted up as he gasped for air. Since he couldn’t swim he walked to shallower waters. He dug his face into water and came up for air. This was
  • Broomsticks and Witches
    While watching the classic film Hocus Pocus, I couldn’t help but wonder if witches could actually fly on broomsticks. Why does it have to be broomsticks? Would a random aluminum pole work? I had to find out. I drove about fifteen minutes to a nearby magic shop hoping they could spill some information. When I asked if they had flying broomsticks, they just laughed in my face. Rude! They didn’t take me seriously, but that doesn’t mean they had to laugh in my face and wave me away as if I was a fly waiting to sit on their lunch
  • The Time Traveling Frailty
    A recent experiment in quantum theory has enabled the potential ability to go backward in time. That’s as much as I know. I am not a scientist, but I volunteered to be involved in the study. The group of scientists received hundreds of thousands of volunteer responses. As a result, there were a dozen rounds of interviews and tests that potential candidates had to pass. The first round was a video interview session. They asked a simple question: “Why do you want to go back in time?” I didn’t have an answer so I simply said, “Because I have nothing
  • Necat is available for free on Inkitt
    I recently discovered Inkitt by accident. I have feeds that inform me about potential companies to invest in and Inkitt showed up. I had no idea that anything like this existed and I appreciate the concept. Inkitt is a platform that allows authors to publish novels and short stories alike either on a schedule, as it’s written, or after the fact.