Very Short Story - Face to Face
I've been saying for many years that the future of the human race is depicted with uncanny foresight in the Disney film WALL-E. I wrote this story for a challenge piece a good decade ago now and my convictions on this matter are firmer than ever! Face to Face “What is it?” Abraham glanced over at his student as he stared at the cracked, dusty device they had just carefully trowelled out of the withered earth and heaps of lifeless brick that formed the Desolation of Manchester. It looked so innocent, so innocuous, so bright and helpful, with not a shadow or a hint of what would spring up from it visible in its sleek design. “This was the beginning of the end,” he told her solemnly. “This was the first device that made it all too easy.” Rebekah blinked at him. “It doesn’t look like much,” she remarked. Abraham smiled ruefully. “It doesn’t need to. That was the problem. But it did everything – it stored their music and their information, it gave them access to entertainment, to