HE STANDS before me, wild-eyed, in the centre of the circle, his stance defiant, his breaths shallow. The thought crosses my mind to take Billy aside and shake him into submission. Part of me wants to scream at him, "What the fuck makes you think I am an authority figure?"[...READ ON]

Hemmingway

First page of HemmingwayA digital short story by Simon Groth

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Emmerson Wellings didn’t expect the promotion that now takes him deep into the basement of DataBug Industries, where the result of his data entry is now revealed. Hemmingway, the experimental virtual writer software, capable of producing anything from literary fiction to advertising copy, has been waiting. By the time Hemmingway is finished with him, Emmerson will never be the same again, if he was ever the same to start with.

Runner-up in the Country Road Cyberwriting Competition, 2000, originally published in Retort magazine.

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