Uploading Angela
Novella 23,542 words Recommended by 3 award/anthology sources
"The technician swallowed. “She’s in pieces. I was uploading her and I don’t know what happened, but it didn’t work.” Her face flushed. “I broke her.” ... “Okay, first thing is calm down. I got this. What’s the patient’s name?” “Angela Spelling.” His head bobbed. He found the name in his pick-list on monitor one. “Yup got her. Is she dead?”
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