We all had them, the skin pills, the subdermals. At the age of thirteen we received two small incisions and walked away with two plastic pills left behind in the wrist and neck. Thus ran the slope of the modern age: in vitro corrections, biometric databases, patient-tailored vaccination regimes, hormone recalibration. The booster shots of the 20th century were simple dreams. A kid catches a cold and his doctor knows before the first sniffle. Sees the deep unseen reactions of flesh and blood like some sort of data-stream soothsayer.
From ‘Teratology C.’by Samuel Rees
An anthology ‘Sunvault: Stories of Solarpunk and Eco-Speculation’
Published by Upper Rubber Boot Books.
Artwork was created in Artbreeder & upscaled in Topaz Gigapixel Ai
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