Casting Call

By D. Moonfire

For the last six years, Marla was a fixture of the wildly successful Donna's Teddy Clubhouse, a show aimed for competitive Caucasian Northern American Girls 14 market. But, age betrayed her and she was fired for not having a profitable enough body according to the exacting standards of the production company. Eighteen years old and alone, she has no future in the holographic markets and no skills to find new employment. Does she abandoned her love of acting and find a new job? Does she just survive on the paltry income from her investments? Or are there shows out that don't belong to the standard, cut-throat markets?

Casting Call is a short story set in a cyberpunk world of ubiquitous computers, razor-thin profitability, constant advertising, and microsecond management.

• Language: English
• Publisher: D. Moonfire
• Release date: Oct 24, 2012
• ISBN: 9781301915651

D. Moonfire

D. Moonfire is the remarkable result from the intersection of a computer nerd, a scientist, and a part-time adventurer. Instead of focusing on a single genre, he writes stories and novels in many different settings ranging from fantasy to science fiction. He also throws in the occasional forensics murder mystery or romance to mix things up.In addition to having a borderline unhealthy obsession with the written word, he is also a developer who loves to code as much as he loves to write.He lives near Cedar Rapids, Iowa with his wife, numerous pet computers, and a highly mobile thing he fondly calls "son."

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Casting Call

D. Moonfire

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Table of Contents

Casting Call

Unemployed

New Quarters

Curious

Elated and Exhausted

Her Fans

On the Show

About D. Moonfire

Colophon

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Casting Call

For the last six years, Marla was a fixture of the wildly successful Donna's Teddy Clubhouse, a show aimed for competitive Caucasian Northern American Girls 14 market. But, age betrayed her and she was fired for not having a profitable enough body according to the exacting standards of the production company. Eighteen years old and alone, she has no future in the holographic markets and no skills to find new employment. Does she abandoned her love of acting and find a new job? Does she just survive on the paltry incoming from her investments? Or are there shows out that don't belong to the standard, cut-throat markets?

Casting Call is a short story set in a cyberpunk world of ubiquitous computers, razor-thin profitability, constant advertising, and microsecond management.

Marla giggled as she jumped up and down. Her day-glow pink dress fluttered with every movement and her heels, a precisely modest 23.1 mm, tapped on the bright green floor of the sound stage. Her eyes remained locked on the camera with the glowing LED, holding her giggle for the long microseconds remaining in the show.

And…, said the director, cut! We're off the air.

Her giggles and bouncing stopped in an instant. The hem of her pink dress fluttered down around her knees. Turning around, she stepped toward another actor named Jacob and slugged him on the shoulder. The yellow balls on his joints bobbed with his movement. They were used to capture his movements for his character, a giant animated teddy bear. He staggered back, rubbing his shoulder.

She followed him, her fake southern accent rising with annoyance. Stop eatin' garlic meatballs before the show! I almost coughed, you slime ball!

Jacob, a dark-haired teenager she used to think was cute, shrugged without a flicker of emotion. He stuck his hands in the waistband of his jumpsuit. Cameras whispered as they tracked the balls on his body. It's just a month's pay.

"It's half a