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A memoir, a novel, and a world you can build in. All free. All labeled.

Everything here is free. WinRAR rules (like the old software that was free forever — take it, use it, share it): email wgberger@gmail.com, say who it's for and why, and you'll get a download link within 24 hours. That's the whole process.

"I am bill?"

A memoir. By Bill Berger.

A literary memoir about 40 years in the technology industry, family, loss, and figuring out who you are at 60. Built in 20 days with AI as production infrastructure. Every word of prose written by a human named Bill.

Three writing styles (Bill calls them voice registers) — Cormac McCarthy, Charlie Murphy, David Mamet. A time structure borrowed from Dr. Manhattan in Watchmen — the narrator experiences all moments simultaneously. 55 scenes. A love letter to his wife delivered through their daughters because he couldn't say it out loud.

Get a copy: Email wgberger@gmail.com with "I am bill?" in the subject.

"INCREDIBLE accomplishment." — Lindsay Foxley, first reader

"Trademark Bill sense of humor. I'm going to want to read all of it." — Uday Rajanna

• Kirkus Indie Review — submitted, under review (May 2026)
• International Book Awards — submitted (April 2026)

Glass

A murder mystery. By Claude with Bill Berger.

A novel set in a world where cognition is visible. Every person's eyes display two colors — amber for biological thought, silver for computational. A man is murdered. A detective who reads cognitive states for a living can't see the killer. A trial forces the legal system to decide: is visible cognition admissible evidence?

Bill built the world, the characters, the murder, the trial, the philosophy, and the 27-scene structure across seven layers. Claude wrote every sentence of prose. Both contributions are labeled. That's the whole point. Read more about Glass.

Get a copy: Email wgberger@gmail.com with "Glass" in the subject. Want both books? Say "all books."

Glassworld

Open-source world bible (the complete rulebook for the fictional world). CC BY 4.0 (Creative Commons — use it however you want, just credit the source).

The complete world-building architecture behind Glass — 47,000 words of rules, characters, plot logic, scene structure, and a Pulp Fiction-style demonstration showing how visible cognition changes cinema. Everything you need to write your own stories, films, or games in the flicker world.

The novel's prose is not included. The thinking is. The architecture is the work. The prose is the rendering.

Get it now: github.com/billberger-snakeguy/glassworld

CC BY 4.0. Use it, adapt it, build on it. Credit "Bill Berger / Glassworld" and you're good.

The license

The books are free. WinRAR rules — copy them, share them, print them, give them away. The only ask: if you pass one to someone, send a line to wgberger@gmail.com saying who and why. That's the price.

Glassworld is CC BY 4.0 — use it for anything, just attribute.