Published: Aug. 26, 2012
Words: 5,401 (approximate)
Language: English
ISBN: 9781476229683

Short description

Jason hates everything about his life, especially his job and his girlfriend. He goes to work late one night to find one of his coworkers has discovered something that grants tremendous power. That uncontrolled power can corrupt an individual, and soon Jason has to reexamine whether he truly hates his job, his girlfriend, and his life.

Extended description

Jason hates everything about his life, especially his job and his girlfriend. He goes to work late one night to find one of his coworkers has discovered something that grants tremendous power. That uncontrolled power can corrupt an individual, and soon Jason has to reexamine whether he truly hates his job, his girlfriend, and his life.

How great would it be to gain the power to take life? How terrifying would it be to gain the power to steal life? What is the value of life if one is unable to see the things worth valuing?

This short story is set in the Nightmare Love series by Sean Roney.

Tags

hate, magic, freedom, choice, machines, artifact, creations, life worth living, worldshift saga, nightmare love

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Review by: Selena Faith on Oct. 26, 2012 :
Loved it even though it was strange.
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Review by: David Blake on Oct. 06, 2012 :
Jason's character is well-defined, but I found the story-telling quite dull. The opening scenes are entirely composed of matter-of-fact descriptions and character thoughts, almost like bullet points with little or no attempt to make the text interesting or atmospheric. The story itself was lacking in invention at times: Co-worker's found a strange rock that gives him God-like powers, end of explanation. And how is this God-like being overcome? Well, that didn't seem particularly inventive to me either, but I won't spoil it for those who've not read the story.
Overall, rather perfunctory and left me unmoved.
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