Danna remembers being Iris. She remembers planning her mission, and uploading her mind to the very ship she’s a lowly worker in now. But she’s learned some things since then. And she knows that two hundred years ago, she made a terrible mistake.
Now all she has to do is make the ship’s AI—her former self—believe her.
This short story is 3900 words long. It is also available in Digital Soul, a science fiction short story collection.
Zoe Cannon may or may not be a supervillain out to conquer the world through writing. When not writing, they can be found perfecting their schemes for world domination, plotting against their archenemies, and staying up too late reading a book. Their secret lair is rumored to be located somewhere in southern New Hampshire. They also write as their mild-mannered alter ego, Z.J. Cannon.