★★☆☆☆ Not Recommended
(Horror) Taylor McLeef, a high school senior at a girl’s prep school, writes essays about life as it might have been. They’re not supposed to be about what really is, much less what might be. (5,023 words; Time: 16m)
"Creative Nonfiction," by Paul Park [bio] (edited by Sheila Williams), appeared in Asimov's Science Fiction issue 05-06|18, published on April 19, 2018 by Penny Publications.
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Pro: By the end of the story, it seems that Taylor has been predicting the future, not shaping it, and that she's just one of many transhumans making a very different future.
Con: I found this to be pretty confusing, on the whole. Despite the revelation at the end, I’m pretty sure a couple of Taylor’s essays made changes to Mr. Pombo’s background. And what really happened at the end?
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Con: I found this to be pretty confusing, on the whole. Despite the revelation at the end, I’m pretty sure a couple of Taylor’s essays made changes to Mr. Pombo’s background. And what really happened at the end?
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Paul Park Info: Interviews, Websites, ISFDB, FreeSFOnline
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