Genres: Artificial Intelligence, Medical
Escape Pod 845: Across the River, My Heart, My Memory
Show Notes
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Promo music:
“Sneaky Snitch” Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 License
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Across the River, My Heart, My Memory
By Ann LeBlanc
1.
I am Michelle’s artificial pancreas, stolen cleanly and carefully from her gut. The surgeons are quick; before I can finish my hard reset, they place me inside you.
I don’t even have time to say goodbye to Michelle’s other organs. I know her heart — and all its memories of Tobin — is dead. Did the taser kill the others too? Why am I the only one awake — alive?
I can’t say goodbye to Michelle, because she’s dead. (Continue Reading…)