Obsidian Worlds
by Jason Werbeloff
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GENRE: Sci-Fi
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BLURB:
Jason
Werbeloff’s short stories have been downloaded over 20,000 times. Obsidian
Worlds brings together his 11 best-selling sci-fi shorts into a mind-bending
philosophical anthology.
In Your Averaged Joe,
a man’s headache is large enough to hold the multiverse. Q46F is an
obsessive-compulsive android who finds love in a zombie-embroiled apocalypse.
The end of the world isn’t all that bad – The Experience Machine will fulfil
your every desire (and some you hadn’t considered). A sex bot dares to dream of
freedom in Dinner with Flexi. But mind what you eat, because The Photons in the
Cheese Are Lost. Don’t fret though: The Cryo Killer guarantees that your death
will be painless, or your money back when you’re thawed. Unless, that is,
you’re The Man with Two Legs.
Plug into Obsidian
Worlds for these and other immersive stories, including the hilarious
Time-Traveling Chicken Sexer. Your brain will never be the same again.
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EXCERPT:
(from The Cryo Killer):
“Inesa and Paul, good to meet you. Who referred you?”
“Mr. Camfrey’s wife.”
Paul’s hands are working. Picking at each other. At the
cuticles.
“Ah yes, I was sorry to hear about his passing.”
“I think,” she lowers her voice, “that it was professionally
done. Heart attack, I hear.”
I lean forward. “You’d like a similar package, ma’am?”
Paul speaks up for the first time. “Is it quick?”
If I had a penny for every time a client asked me that
question. “Painless,” I say, “or your money back.”
Paul harrumphs.
“Excellent,” says Inesa, beaming. “You’ve been doing this a
while?”
“Best in the business,” says Janet, striding over to us. She
places a hand on my shoulder. “You’re safe with Barker.”
“So, you’re wanting the double package?”
Inesa squeezes her husband’s arm. Every carat on her ring
finger catches the sunlight. His nod is miniscule.
“Yes,” she replies after a moment.
“Those are difficult.” I lean back in my chair, weighing the
ring out of the corner of my eye. “Coroner looks closely at doubles. Need a
plausible cause of death. Right now all I have in stock are gas leaks and home
invasions. Invasions can get messy – brings down the property value. I suggest
the gas leak. Although …” I glance at Paul. “Home invasions are on the rise.”
Paul scratches the skin over his knuckles. His lips have
taken on a bluish tinge. I’ve seen all manner of manners displayed in the
chairs on the other side of my desk. Clients respond to their impending deaths
in all sorts of ways. Paul’s reaction isn’t unique.
“Gas leak,” says Inesa definitively.
Paul nods, a quick jerk up and down. “When’ll it happen?” He
can’t meet my gaze.
“I could probably fit you in next week. Any preferences?”
“I’m writing an exam on Tuesday,” says Inesa. She looks to
Paul, “And I’m sure you’d like to finalize that merger?”
He groans.
“Late next week?” she asks.
“Let’s see … Janet, check my availability, please.”
“Could do Friday next.”
“Excellent,” says Inesa.
“But …” Paul is fading to a paler blue by the minute.
Droplets dot his forehead. “I just can’t live with the thought of this hanging
over me for the next ten days. I just …” He swallows. “I just can’t.”
I reach out a hand and touch the man’s shoulder. His golf
shirt is saturated. “Not to worry, sir. A memory wipe is included. You’ll never
know you were here.” I offer him my warmest smile. Janet calls it the Big
Daddy. “In fact, you may’ve been here before, and you wouldn’t know.”
Paul eyeballs me. “Have we been here before?”
“I couldn’t tell you.” I wink.
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AUTHOR Bio and Links:
Jason
Werbeloff is a novelist and philosopher. He loves chocolate and his Labrador,
Sunny.
He's
interested in the nature of social groups, personal identity, freedom, and the
nature of the mind. His passion is translating philosophical debate around
these topics into works of science fiction, while gorging himself on chocolate.
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