Leila Mottley, "Sea to Sea". ( www.marieclaire.com )
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A cyberpunk story originally published in 1987! Kind of interesting to see that era's depictions of cybersecurity and AI.
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The narrative hinges on Borges's self-perception as a writer, underscoring the difference between the private self that cannot recognize his persona or public mask as a famous storyteller. The former insists that he has nothing to do with the task of writing, that only Borges alone imagines the stories and completes the work of...
The other one, the one called Borges, is the one things...
The Chaos of Heat is a crime story as unrelenting as the heat wave described in its vivid prose. It follows a man who, wracked by heroin addiction, finds himself at the front of a dangerous robbery spree. Will Vince survive long enough to get his next fix, or is he little more than shark bait, out of his depth?
This is one of my favorite short stories ever. I love the feeling of this story even if isn't perfectly analyzable.
Companion to the John Carpenter film The Thing.