Have you ever wondered if the people in a world like that of Altered Carbon ever downloaded into the wrong body by accident? Maybe after a few too many drinks?
An instance of, “Dude, where’s my body?”
Check out my short, 100 word story on the premise below:
BODY SHARE MICRO FICTION
“Shit. Not again.” The body Avery woke up in this time had BO that smelled like moldy onions. But that wasn’t the worst part. The worst part was the little black hairs protruding from every pore, like a forest of sweaty spider legs.
What was that phrase they taught you in college? Don’t body share while intoxicated? Next time she’d be more responsible. She’d only have one, or two drinks max before she downloaded.
Avery called Body Share tech support. She went straight to voicemail. That’s right. It was Sunday.
She rubbed her face. She did like the beard though.
NOTES FROM THE AUTHOR
Originally the story was published here on Martian Magazine’s website with non-exclusionary publishing rights (meaning I can also publish it elsewhere). However, the site unfortunately is not around anymore, hence me posting my story above. Many people started asking how to access it or were trying to see it, so I finally posted it here on my author website.
The image source for this post is here.
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