Dot Slash Magic

By: Liz Shipton

Narrated by: Mary Pochatko

What if you wrote a magic computer program? What if that magic computer program started summoning monsters?

When twenty-something coder Seven Jones goes back to school at a community college in San Diego, the last thing she wants is to join some stupid club. And the last thing she expects is to walk into an underground magic club. Like, actual wizards and shit.

Seven reluctantly joins the motley crew of magic weirdos and discovers her own power. But she struggles to control it . . . until she figures out how to channel her magic through an artificially intelligent computer program.

Unfortunately, there is literally nothing Seven's new friends hate more than AI, and when a student mysteriously turns up dead, blame falls on Seven. Is her "creepy artificial magic" summoning terrifying creatures to hunt students? Or is someone trying to frame her?

With only one person—cute ex-Navy seal Logan—on her side, Seven fights monsters (Dragon? Check. Kraken? Check.) while struggling to convince everyone that her AI has nothing to do with them.

But how can she convince her peers when she isn't totally convinced herself?

Contains mature themes.

©2025 Liz Shipton (P)2025 Tantor Media

Cute and feisty story. the audible sample isn't great, but narration was actually awesome!

This is the first book by this author I have read/ listened to. I kept seeing Liz's videos... which are hilarious and had to check out the book. I was hesitant about the audio book at first, the sample didnt sound tempting. I'm so glad I gave it a chance, I ended up loving the narrater. Hopefully she does the next one too! The story is cute, quirky, smart, mouthy, sassy, and sprinkled with nostalgia. I laughed throughout it. And it helped that I loved the characters. Now I'm going to have to look up more of her books!

Wow

Such an original story with a fascinating story, really beautiful characters and bonds and growth. I was sucked in to this story and read it in a day, i could not put it down. I loved how strong the storyline was, i was constantly curious and intrigued. Books often dont get that right but this writer did. It was funny and real, it kept moving and developing. Man oh man i cannot wait for the next book in this world

Good narration

This book had an interesting concept, just not for me. Good relatable characters and story . Interesting twists

Wow

Absolutely love the story. The plot and characters were terrific. I had no idea how this would end up and can’t wait for next book.

Wow, just wow!

This was a mindfuck wrapped in an exciting urban fantasy!! In all reality(ha ha), this was a really good adventure with some narratives that will stop and make you think deeply until you're mindfucked again. Chaos that finally gains some structure and sense only to upend whatever you were sure of and leave you gasping and spinning in circles. I really enjoyed the magic system in this story, it was probably one of my favorite things. I thought Liz did a great job of making it something that readers could connect to and see in themselves. The scenes she used to show off this magic and it's uses were action packed! I had so much fun with most of the characters in this book!Then... the last four chapters gave me whiplash. Nicely set up for a second book that I would definitely be interested in expanding on the current situation!
Mary Pochatko did an awesome job with all the different character voices! Especially Kurt, Logan, Sol and Dot. They all felt very individual, nuanced, and had emotionally impactful tones in charged situations. So good!