Four Zero Four

I've met Dahlia online, and for once, everything turned out just fine. There was something in those cold eyes that cut through all my impersonations. I kept falling for her. But a pair of old scars snaking up from the corners of her lips also called that pretty, perfectly symmetrical face their home. Somebody, somewhere has given her a Glasgow smile, and now she had to cover it with makeup and a wry sense of humor. She never laughed at her own jokes, though, and I never asked about the...
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I've met Dahlia online, and for once, everything turned out just fine. There was something in those cold eyes that cut through all my impersonations. I kept falling for her. But a pair of old scars snaking up from the corners of her lips also called that pretty, perfectly symmetrical face their home. Somebody, somewhere has given her a Glasgow smile, and now she had to cover it with makeup and a wry sense of humor. She never laughed at her own jokes, though, and I never asked about the scars.---Four Zero Four is a short and raw novel on the brink of cyberpunk. Its story will take you through the polished downtown sprawl and abandoned land-reclamation projects; submersible nightclubs and server-room penthouses. And it'll get you there without stepping on any of the worn-out cyberpunk clichés.