Step Away from the Pizza: Fictions, Etc

A new form of life based on plastic takes the world by storm. A corporate takeover of a Velcro-themed roadside attraction creates a literal firestorm. A cryptic poem and its quirky critics lead to a murder mystery. A teenage girl is caught in a tangle of commercial products and a friend's suicide threat. A father wrestles with his addiction to 3D porn, his daughter's bizarre illness, and his deceased wife's Embodied Conversational Interface Agent. A prose poem about an abused woman is carve...