The Jiminy Device

Lisa says:

All the characters in this story are fictional.  Any resemblence to persons living or dead or partying it up in Manhattan with a chihuahua are unintentional.

(2006) Appears in

Futurismic

Reviews:

A delightfully snarky satire.

Jeremy Lyon at Futurismic

*

...One of the finest comic stories they've posted to date... a sweet, short, funny little story, with lots of laugh-out-loud techno-speculation.

Cory Doctorow at BoingBoing

Excerpt:

"What do you mean you're leaving?"

Shock and disbelief clouded London's brow (despite the neurotoxin injections) as she stared at her lover. Marcel only shrugged. When one of his people scribbled a note and handed it to him, he read it cold.

"We're drifting apart. It's not you, it's me." He took the cigarette out of his mouth and glared at the hapless scriptwriter. She withered visibly behind her cheap haircut. "This is what I pay you for?" He shook his head and his stylist adjusted the tousled locks with a comb.