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ECHOES IN EVENING WEAR by Will McIntosh

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Will McIntosh (author of previous Futurismic stories “Eyelid Movies” and “The Existential Cure”) brings us a provocative story about sex, commitment and the power of fantasy to take on a life of its own. If you’re likely to swoon at the mention of naughty bits, read no further.

Echoes In Evening Wear

by Will McIntosh

Rick was ready to explode, and she hadn’t started taking her clothes off yet. “Turn around in a circle,” he said to the hologram. She turned slowly, gracefully, her black heels making no sound on the hardwood floor.

She looked exactly like his coworker Melissa. Exactly. He took a few steps toward her, then a few more, until he was looking into her green eyes from a foot away. From close up you could notice just the slightest graininess to the image. Otherwise she looked perfectly real. Continue reading ECHOES IN EVENING WEAR by Will McIntosh →

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Buying A Band

SellABand (unfortunate name, that) is a potentially interesting new music publishing model. If you’re a band, you publish your demo music on SellABand’s site. Listeners who like your music can plunk down $10 for a “part”. When 5,000 parts have been sold, SellABand spends the money to hire you a studio and a producer and publish your music in a special edition CD (for the listeners who bought parts) and on their site for free. SellABand’s advertising revenue is split, based on a band’s share of download activity on the site, between SellABand, the listeners who bought parts in your band, and you. You also sell CD’s through the site and split the proceeds with the listeners who sponsored you. Perhaps overly complex, but could do a good job of enabling fans and bands to make it happen.

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EXIT WITHOUT SAVING by Ruth Nestvold

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Futurismic‘s resident purveyor of gender- and identity-bending fiction, Ruth Nestvold, brings us a story about the dangers of escaping your own skin – “Exit Without Saving”.

Exit Without Saving

by Ruth Nestvold

Spending credit illegally was difficult, but there were ways, if you were clever. There were always ways. Using a morph unit illegally was even more difficult, but to Mallory it was worth the risk.

Friends like Lorraine made it possible. Lorraine was a lab technician for Softec, and she was both clever and greedy; to make a little extra on the side, she allowed Mallory to use the units during off hours. Mallory had no idea if any of the other morph agents were also clandestine customers — Lorraine could be trusted to keep her mouth shut.

“I don’t understand why they don’t market these things for entertainment purposes,” Lorraine said as she adjusted the download cap on Mallory’s head. Continue reading EXIT WITHOUT SAVING by Ruth Nestvold →