War of the Possible Future
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A Future Darkly
Blurb
A Middle Eastern nation erupts in protests against a
well-armed government. As a reporter tweets from the front lines, one man
struggles to keep a hospital from going dark, and a hacker plans to send the
dark back where it belongs. A short story, cyberpunk ripped from the headlines.
Memories
before reading
Written in the middle of the “Arab Spring”, the story opens
with a tweet from a reporter I was following at the time, and carries on
through the misadventures of a man sucked into the action by the need to keep a
hospital running in the midst of the chaos, and the shadowy figure who pushes
him to take it further. I wrote it in a blur of excitement and anticipation,
and it’s one of my most contemporary (political) works.
Review
after reading
This is a really sloppy story, but it was a really sloppy
time, so it fits. I like how I deliberately messed up the flow of the plot with
constant interruptions by @Reporter. I also have a soft spot for the drone
operator, don’t ask me why. (Oh, and the links in the fake tweets are real,
interesting.) This story has one of my favorite endings.
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