The Story
By T. C. Weber
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In this short story, Waylee Freid, a young reporter in a near-future Baltimore, uncovers evidence that a powerful corporation called MediaCorp secretly co-opted the government to take control of nearly everything people see and hear. Can she get her evidence out and reverse the process before it's too late? Or will her editors succumb to outside pressure and bury her story? And if her evidence was obtained illegally, who's in the right?
This ebook also includes the first scene of Sleep State Interrupt, a novel which takes place after the events of The Story. In this scene, an independent news organization takes on MediaCorp and finds itself under siege from riot police with experimental weapons.
T. C. Weber
Ted Weber has pursued writing since childhood, and learned filmmaking and screenwriting in college, along with a little bit of physics. His first published novel was a near-future cyberpunk thriller titled Sleep State Interrupt (See Sharp Press). It was a finalist for the 2017 Compton Crook award for best first science fiction, fantasy, or horror novel. The first sequel, The Wrath of Leviathan, was published in 2018, and the final book, Zero-Day Rising, came out in 2020. He has other books on the way as well. He is a member of Poets & Writers and the Maryland Writers Association, and helps run writing workshops and critique groups. By day, Mr. Weber works as a climate adaptation analyst, and has had a number of scientific papers and book chapters published. He lives in Annapolis, Maryland with his wife Karen. He enjoys traveling and has visited all seven continents. For book samples, short stories, and more, visit https://www.tcweber.com/.
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The Story - T. C. Weber
The Story
T. C. Weber
Copyright 2015 by T. C. Weber
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This is a work of fiction. Names, characters, places, and incidents either are the product of the author’s imagination or are used fictitiously. Any resemblance to actual persons, living or dead, is purely coincidental.
Thanks to Alicia Kelley, Eric Bakutis, Pamela Wood, Stacey Mednick, and James Buttinger for reading drafts and providing feedback, and the critique circle at the Baltimore Science Fiction Society (www.bsfs.org).
Table of Contents
The Story
Sleep State Interrupt (excerpt)
Baltimore, Maryland
The near future
This story will save democracy. Waylee banged down the Enter key, sending her text and supporting data to the Baltimore Herald news editor. Instead of the standard mat with virtual keys, and incongruous with the big wraparound touch screen, her desk terminal had a bank of old-fashioned circular keys that moved levers, mimicking H. L. Mencken’s Corona.
Neo-grindcore jackhammered her brain through the ear buds. Her colleagues thought she was crazy, but the keyboard was only a contributing factor. Someone - she didn’t know who - had noticed her mood swings weren’t quite normal, and consulted one of the Comnet’s virtual psychiatrists. The findings spread. Can’t keep secrets in a newsroom.
She was fine this month, better than fine, riding a crest. And why not? Once people read how Congress and the president sold them out, they’d evict the bastards next election. Their replacements would