Published: May 25, 2011
Words: 1,252 (approximate)
Language: English
ISBN: 9781465708519

Description

'It’s just a job. It’s just a day. Everyone does it. People are worse off somewhere. There is nothing wrong. The walls are not closing in. You are fine.' A near-future story about anxiety. Originally published in Wet Ink: Issue 14 (2009). Cover: artwork by Lily Mae Martin, type by Kenneth Erickson

Tags

literary, desire, satire, nanotechnology, global warming, confusion, humour, mental health, consumerism, sf, anxiety, futurism, birds, nearfuture, complacency, positivity, autonomy, consumer society, overwhelm, angela meyer

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Review by: Amra Pajalic on June 15, 2011 :
A powerful and disturbing story about a possible future that we can almost glimpse.
(reviewed the day of purchase)

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