How does a sudden attack that puts a sword in your belly play from the inside? If you’d seen the blade properly would it be in your belly? Didn’t you see it properly a little too late, when it was up to the hilt? Shift that “blade” and we shift the awareness of it.
The status quo is segregation. It’s a state of segregation in which black, queer and members of other abject groups are not deemed to belong as main characters.
In 2126, a corporation’s mind technology is eradicating socially unacceptable behavior. When a college student and a government-labeled terrorist discover the truth of what’s happening inside people’s heads, they fight to preserve free will.
P.A. Cornell is a Chilean-Canadian speculative fiction writer and 2002 Odyssey grad, with publications in Cossmass Infinities, Flame Tree Press’ Compelling Science Fiction Short Stories, and ZNB Presents, among others.
