(Dystopia) A woman has quit paying the bills for her fertility treatment, so a crew turns up to repossess her third-grader. (943 words; Time: 03m)
Rating: ★★★☆☆ Average
"Still Tomorrow's Going to Be Another Working Day," by Amy Griswold [bio] (edited by C.C. Finlay), appeared in Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction issue 09-10|17, published on September 1, 2017 by Spilogale Inc.
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Pro: Some of this is pretty funny. Like the kid building her own computer and writing an operating system for it at age 6.
Con: It just ends abruptly.
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Con: It just ends abruptly.
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Succinct and chillingly.
ReplyDeleteDid you actually like the ending?
DeleteIt worked for me. Showing the "repo" women were also under the same pressure to repay their medical debts.
Delete(Chillingly? I swear I only had two glasses of wine last night!)