Author
Victoria L Brun
Victoria Brun is a writer and project manager at a cancer research laboratory. When not bugging hardworking scientists about budget reports and service agreements, she is daydreaming about space travel, aliens, and robots.
Optimized Childhood
"Mom, can I go to Sadie's house?" my twelve-year old asked as she leaned against the doorway to the living room. "Let me check the model," I said, reaching for my tablet. Jessica groaned and rolled her eyes in a show of classical adolescent angst, but I was used to it. I ignored…
Sometimes They Call Me Human
Sometimes, they insist that I am a person. "She's got emotions," the primary human says. "She's a person. Not an 'it.' You've got to stop calling her that." The primary human shoots an annoyed look at the secondary human. "A mouse has emotions," the secondary human points out.…