The Sci Fi Story with the Cat in It: Four Short Stories

By Melissa Fondakowski

In this collection of four stories set in dystopian worlds, people endure diseases and furtive government control.In the opening story, "The Sight Mask," it's been three-quarters of a century since the epidemic The Eye Death surfaced. People were suddenly going blind and dying a few months later. Fortunately, Dr. Ayumi Amador created Sight Masks that protected the populace and eventually became everyone's sole technical device. But Amador, who's spent her life searching for a cure with no success, soon learns a telling secret about the Governing Council. "Two Schools" and "Two Roads," are companion pieces. In their shared world, global legislation has banned the written word, and people communicate via speech, videos, and pictures. Governments believed writings, primarily on "the Network," were rife with mendacity and ultimately precipitated confrontation and mass murder. But viruses have split people into two groups: water-level and air-level. The former has access to superior tech, but water folk are immune to the viruses that plague air folk. "The Lottery"-the one starring the cat-is the tale of a future America, where citizens have a chance to win $100 million, at first annually but eventually on a weekly basis. Unfortunately, this reputed utopian nation, free of crime and unemployment, has an unsavory underbelly involving more than just the feline-transmitted Epsilon-A virus.Short, futuristic tales bubbling with enticing characters and details.KIRKUS REVIEWS - https: //www.kirkusreviews.com/book-reviews/melissa-fondakowski/the-sci-fi-story-with-the-cat-in-it

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1091449546
• ISBN13: 9781091449541
• Release Date: September 2019
• Publisher: Independently Published
• Length: 128 Pages
• Weight: 0.32 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 5.0" x 8.0"