Ginger conjured a cool, dark river. The bottoms of her feet actually tingled as they slipped over the smooth rocks in the virtual riverbed. As she lowered her body into the wetness, frightened river fish darted around her legs. She heard birds hidden in the boughs of the great trees surrounding her insular sanctuary. She thought that she could hear their anxious voices, the furtive fluttering of fragile wings. Everything echoed, even her breath...
Devious Machine, a short story | Genre: Science Fiction | Posted at: The Hive Mind on 10/01/09
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