The Shape in the Rust is a short story published in the inaugural dystopia edition of Fatal Flaw, the literary magazine based in New York City.
The story is set in an unnamed prison in the United States where Newlin Cooley is currently being held. Cooley does not know why he's there, only that he's being accused of a crime he did not commit: identity theft.
Cooley meets with an investigator who visits him in prison. The investigator shows him details from Cooley's own social media pages and asks him to confirm whether his online persona is the same as him.
The Shape in the Rust is a harrowing identity crisis tale about what would happen if the State compared a person's real life with his social media profiles.
The Shape in the Rust is a short story published in the inaugural dystopia edition of Fatal Flaw, the literary magazine based in New York City.
The story is set in an unnamed prison in the United States where Newlin Cooley is currently being held. Cooley does not know why he's there, only that he's being accused of a crime he did not commit: identity theft.
Cooley meets with an investigator who visits him in prison. The investigator shows him details from Cooley's own social media pages and asks him to confirm whether his online persona is the same as him.
The Shape in the Rust is a harrowing identity crisis tale about what would happen if the State compared a person's real life with his social media profiles.