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Scott, you had me at "mephitic slurry." I’m a huge fan of well-written futuristic dystopias. This one resonated on many levels. The allusion to the Trump presidential Tower is a frightening touch which may have led logically to the 2nd amendment becoming a mandate rather than a constitutional right;  law enforcement becoming privatized, omnipotent,  and uncontrollable; to technology replacing not only body parts but the human soul; and of course to the roach population dominating the human landscape.  May your vision not become prediction! Johnson O’Connor would be rolling in his grave to see  the bleak future of aptitude assessment and the premise that "language doesn’t matter". Bravo, well done.
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    a novel by Scott T. Barsotti

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    The large cockroach skittering, scuttling across my desk doesn’t faze anyone. Except me. No one else even looks at it, I just catch it out of the corner of my eye. People got used to this far too quickly. It wasn’t too long ago that a cockroach, any cockroach let alone one this big running across a desk, would have resulted in screams, shouts, and directives to KILL. Not anymore. Cypermethrin and . . .

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      The large cockroach skittering, scuttling across my desk doesn’t faze anyone. Except me. No one else even looks at it, I just catch it out of the corner of my eye. People got used to this far too quickly. It wasn’t too long ago that a cockroach, any cockroach let alone one this big running across a desk, would have resulted in screams, shouts, and directives to KILL. Not anymore. Cypermethrin and . . .

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        I’ll be going LIVE on Facebook tomorrow at 6PM Eastern to read from SINGLE VERSION and talk a little about getting it published. Hope you join me for some #roachpunk #scifi #creepycrawly literary goodness.

        Absolutely thrilled to be holding it in my hands. Surreal...


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          A massive paramilitary group. A fully armed society. An exploding population of cockroaches. Amidst it all, an entomophobic pacifist who has yet to need a cybernetic limb.