Quasar

Keep up with new short speculative fiction. About

What Do You Mean the Nanobots Formed a Union??

Read at Lightspeed ↗

“What do you mean the nanobots formed a union??” I asked the lawyer, biting my thumbnail. It’s an old habit, kept up well after I got the “Pro Nano Blitz Package,” as the ad called it. A muscular man in tight clothing explained: a quick, painless injection, then a couple days sick as a dog, then another month for the nanobots to multiply, specialize, and spread out through the body. Then: easy street.

BiopunkClass InequalitySatirical

More tags 11

Social SatireDarkly ComicConsciousnessBodily AutonomyFast PacedNear FutureWryFirst PersonScience FictionVoice DrivenIdentity

Quasar links out; the story lives on Lightspeed, where the author gets the click.