The Books

Full-Length Works

Coming 2026
Book One
I Probably Shouldn't
Be In Charge

An unremarkable person by any measure. Dropped out of high school. Worked entry-level jobs. Didn't invent anything, wasn't discovered, and would not stand out in a crowd. Difficult family life, broken relationships, maxed-out credit cards more than once. A business would be crazy to put him in charge — but that's just what kept happening. This is the story of a man who tried really hard to fail, and succeeded anyway.

Genre  Memoir
Theme  Leadership, career, chaos
Status  Seeking beta readers
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Coming 2027
Book Two
I Probably Shouldn't
Be a Millionaire

Not a sequel — a companion. The financial content that didn't make it into the first book, plus everything that happened after. Penny stocks, close calls, and the peculiar math of almost. Can be read completely on its own.

Genre  Memoir
Theme  Money, risk, delusion
Status  In progress
Short Fiction

Short Stories

Between the longer works — shorter pieces. Different in tone, similar in the tendency to go somewhere unexpected.

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Pyzarine Dreams
Short Story

What does humanity look like when AI has fully arrived? A short story about our AI future — told from the widest possible lens.

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Dream Weaver
Short Story

What happens when AI quietly powers the technology running your everyday life? The same question — but this time, from the perspective of one person living inside it.

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The Author

About Thomas Alvone

TA

Thomas Alvone is a 40-something career technologist, writer, and has served more than a decade in leadership roles in corporate America.

He still plays video games, loves mowing the lawn, and will bore you to death about crypto. He's married and still argues with his wife on the things that really matter, such as the extent the dishes need to be pre-washed before they're machine-washed.

Read his work? Leave feedback anytime — he'll read them all. Probably.

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