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    Remote Control
    Remote Control
    Remote Control
    Ebook26 pages18 minutes

    Remote Control

    By R R Angell

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    The U.S. Border is now secured by a wall of remotely controlled gunbots. American Citizens pay to operate them through apps and hope to score a hit during their watch. Today, something else is logging on to help.

    This is a short story.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherR R Angell
    Release dateJul 25, 2019
    ISBN9781949532074
    Remote Control
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    R R Angell

    R. R. Angell is a queer writer (he/him) whose short fiction has been around for more than twenty years in literary and science fiction magazines and anthologies. Most notably: The Baltimore Review, Asimov’s Science Fiction, Chelsea Station, Best Date Ever: True Stories That Celebrate Gay Relationships, and in Frank M. Robinson’s memoir, Not So Good A Gay Man (afterward). His queer science fiction novel published in May 2019.

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