Coiffeur Seven

Kiran Kaur Saini Strange Horizons 12/06/21 2021

ShortStory 3,679 words Recommended by 4 award/anthology sources

"Today one of the minders rolls one Veena Kaur Chan into my hairbay for a shampoo and cut. New client, transferring in from Palliative. Brainstem stroke. Unsuccessful rehabilitation. Pancreatic cancer. Ouch. Triple whammy. As the newly implemented HairForce Systems Autonomous Limbic Interface for this sector, yours truly Coiffeur Seven..."

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