Backup (Auto Series #5)
David Wailing
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· 2 ratings · 36 pages · Published: 01 Nov 2012
In 2022, everyone has an auto, a personal assistant which acts like a digital version of you. But what if your auto doesn’t get switched off after you die?
These unliving autos continue to interact with families and friends, comfort those left behind and keep their histories alive. They’re an online backup of an entire life.
When Janine Kinglake visits her parents’ graves, she expects them to be resting in peace. Not for her father’s auto to have such frightening plans for its own future…
'Backup' is a 10,000 word short story, part of the Auto series including 'Relationship Status', 'Timeline', 'Friend Request' and 'Copy'.
It was first published as part of the anthology 'A Splendid Salmagundi'.