A Portfolio by Stefan Walczak

  Nowadays, AI is speeding up everything. This post is entirely human, but that can’t be said of others across the web. This forced me to face a somewhat moral dilemma: as time has become more precious and other priorities have overtaken my writing, what if I was able to have a partial assist with AI while still inserting my evergreen content and human experiences? True, this is a quandary faced by scholars the world over already, as AI is becoming increasingly difficult to detect. However, as the technological landscape evolves, should we be held back by our human limits, or should we learn to work alongside AI? As AI begins to operate and translate all manner of operational functions, we as humans  must also operate as the watchers, the guard rails, the gatekeepers, without allowing AI or Chat AI to operate in any singular fashion.  This wasn’t the design of AI, as Skynet or Legion from the Terminator franchise has warned us all along. AI isn’t supposed to be sentient, and while that

 Last weekend I went to my local library with my books. Our local library manager Anne remembered me from my poetry reading years ago and was ecstatic that I since released a horror novella with an accompanying original soundtrack. She had me sign my books and was happy to catalogue them and feature in the front as a local author.  In the springtime I will be doing a special presentation of readings with the music for both of these books! It’s exciting to finally be getting back into my writing after landing a secure and rewarding career! Hopefully I’ll see you there if you reside in Connecticut. I’ll be updating my portfolio as a date comes into focus. 

 When it comes to creativity, there’s no telling what mood may strike you or what kind of project you may find yourself working.  Such is the case when I apply my various skill set to one-off or miscellaneous projects. These projects don’t have an easy classification for me for one of my header links, so these various projects may end up as a singular post on my Welcome page. One of these projects was a fan music video I made using a Moody Blues song (really an incredible and underrated group) and the 2019 horror film by Robert Eggers, The Lighthouse. Around the time my wife and I first saw this film we were getting into the early work of this musical group, an all-time favorite of my father’s, and whose musical taste I was finally coming around to and appreciating in a big way. As I heard this chilling tale of a lonely man in Melancholy Man, visions of The Lighthouse would never leave my imagination. These visions bugged me so much so that I had no choice in the matter and submitted t

  Greetings, and thank you for checking out my portfolio website! Here I have compiled all of my life’s work to date and moving forward. For inquiries you can always send a contact form through this website or you can email me directly . I am open to all kinds of freelance opportunities and I have a proven track record of quality work and satisfied clients. I hope you enjoy my projects! For your consideration, you can also view my most current resume  here . Blogs                                                          Books Music                                                               Art

 I released my debut horror novella titled Crimson Sky as a paperback and Kindle edition on Amazon. My local newspaper was kind enough to write a short piece on my release, which details my ambitions in combining two separate mediums of entertainment. Both written fiction and atmospheric music come together in this hybrid work of art, which I designed to be enjoyed all at once! If you don't believe me, try it out for yourself and dive deep into the horrors of my imagination. This story was brewing for many years prior to its release and its interweaving with music was a deliberate choice to create a more immersive and tense reading experience. Its scenes were inspired by instrumental and dark brooding music that I would sometimes listen to as a teenager. My mind would always play a scene or collage of visuals when I listened to music without words. This was my vision put into motion and fully realized as Crimson Sky. Check it out now on Amazon .