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    Chipped

    By Jeremiah Donaldson

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    Robert wants to forget about his recent breakup and zone out on work, but fate has other plans when his company is suddenly bought out and he finds out what happens when the latest technology goes bad.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherJeremiah Donaldson
    Release dateJan 1, 2019
    ISBN9780463021989
    Chipped
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    Jeremiah Donaldson

    Jeremiah Donaldson is a science fiction/horror writer, editor, game designer, free thinker, corporate slave, and overly blunt commentator that grew up in rural Kentucky and lived in Florida for 13 years before moving back in 2008.When he's not working...whatever, he always works, let's start that over. When he's not playing his part as a cog in the machine for the specified number of hours per week, or doing housework, or planting fruit trees in preparation for the climatic meltdown we're forcing upon the planet, he strings together words for peoples' enjoyment.

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      Chipped - Jeremiah Donaldson

      a short story

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      Jeremiah Donaldson

      Chipped

      Copyright 2018

      by Jeremiah Donaldson

      Cover art rendered by The GIMP.

      Smashwords Edition

      ISBN: 9780463021989

      Visit the author's home on the web at ephiroll.com for science fiction, horror, and more.

      All rights reserved. No part of this may be reproduced except in reviews or excerpts. Any resemblance to people you know could mean you've met that person's twin in an alternate life that was already played out a thousand years in the future on a planet two million light-years from Earth. Hell if I know. Just read the story.

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      April 16th, 2030

      Robert heard the soothing nature sounds cut to half volume in his head as the meeting alert sounded three times. Most of his team had already gone to the conference room. He didn't know why they were in such a hurry. Everyone had heard the news from those who'd been before them: the company had been bought out. It was some serious bullshit.

      He reached the rear of the line and waited for his chance to sign in for the meeting. Why a tech company bothered with hard copies of

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