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CONTENTS
Title Page
Copyright Notice
Dedication
Saying Goodbye to Yang
The Cartographers
Heartland
Excerpts from The New World Authorized Dictionary
Moksha
Children of the New World
Fall Line
A Brief History of the Failed Revolution
Migration
The Pyramid and the Ass
Rocket Night
Openness
Ice Age
Acknowledgments
About the Author
Copyright
These are works of fiction. All of the characters, organizations, and events portrayed in these stories are either products of the author’s imagination or are used fictitiously.
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The following stories have been previously published, and a number have appeared in different form: “Saying Goodbye to Yang,” in Zahir; “The Cartographers,” in Chattahoochee Review; “Heartland,” in Pleiades; “Excerpts from The New World Authorized Dictionary,” in Cream City Review; “Children of the New World,” in Pleiades; “A Brief History of the Failed Revolution,” in Infinity’s Kitchen; “Migration,” in PRISM International; “The Pyramid and the Ass,” in A Cappella Zoo; “Rocket Night,” in Southern Indiana Review; “Openness,” in Beloit Fiction Journal; “Ice Age,” in Natural Bridge.
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First Edition: September 2016
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4. Smith references cases such as AISDD (Autoimmune Streaming Detachment Dysfunction) reported by the Center for Interface Monitoring, with symptoms including insomnia/verbal streaming/disconnect incapability/myopic-googling/etc. In his study Off-Line Disturbances: A History of Interface Dysfunction, Smith refers to a patient’s inability to speak about anything but variations on casserole recipes as Chronic Googling, and uses this as a metaphor to examine nondysfunctional social behavior, stating that, “Even we, the supposed un-disturbed, still find it hard not to hum pop-up jingles, or assimilate interface ads into our speech, as is the case with the notorious adage, Mega-fun!”
5. Medical studies conducted by Bausch & Cartz Pharm. Inc. showed that up to 64 percent of newborns and 78 percent of individuals above the age of eighteen produced insufficient amounts of cyber-cerebral neurotonin to functionally navigate the Interface.
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8. The Anti-Interface Protests, Portland, Oregon. militarystrikeonline.com 12 Sept 2032.
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