Selected Short Stories Featuring Save As
Author: Nicolas Wilson
Category: Fiction
Published: 2014
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Read OnlineFifteen short stories ranging from cyberpunk, to military fiction.Selected Short Stories Featuring Save As contains fifteen short stories and flash fiction ranging from cyberpunk to literary fiction.1:1: A family deals with a difficult decision, in a future where population control is strictly enforced.One More Night: Those assigned to protect an Italian journalist watch for threats, and reflect on their dangerous lives.How Far We've Come: How do you pick up the pieces after a betrayal?Save As: A thrill seeker nearly loses his identity and life to a bad upload.Things That Twitch: A psychologist probes a man institutionalized for a severe phobia of mosquitoes.Bleed: Genetically engineered vampires have taken over the world, and soldiers fight for survival, when even a small cut spells a painful death.Barbie at 50: The eponymous babe reflects on her celebrity, career, and love life over a glass of bourbon.Buy the Cow: A farmer is forced to sell his life's work.I'm Sorry I Got Caught In Your House: A very awkward run-at an ex's house.Red: A soldier and a civilian injured in an explosion seek comfort.White: A soldier trapped in an explosion doesn't want to be alone.Blue: A young man's mother teaches him a lesson about expectations, and social mobility.Freetown: A Sierra Leone man looks at the history of injustice in Freetown, as he deals with the injustices currently perpetuated against his sister after her sexual assault.Two for One: A twin kept for organ replacement must find a new identity after his sibling's death.Forget: An unsympathetic officer responds to a youth's suicide attempt.