Partially Before We Died (Full Novel–Draft)

A Technological Distopian Novella for Adolescents and Adults

Introduction– Luck’s dreams, eye-sight and upbringing
Prologue– Losing More than Sight
Chapter 1– Meeting Roman
Chapter 2– Checking the Map
Chapter 3– Three Travelers
Chapter 4– The Plan
Chapter 5– The Hospital
Chapter 6– Mom’s Room
Chapter 7– The Elevators
Chapter 8– Lookout Lighthouse
Chapter 9– The Other Side of the Wall
Chapter 10– The Many Faces of Naomi Lowman
Chapter 11– The Elders of the Wood
Chapter 12– The Tiger on the Carousel
Chapter 13– Reaching Roxy
Chapter 14– The Way Back
Chapter 15– The Record Room
Chapter 16– Ending the Program
Chapter 17– Lucky Downloaded
Chapter 18– Captives in Comnet
Chapter 19– The Machine-Made Man
Chapter 20– All We See or Seem
Chapter 21– Back to the Woods
Chapter 22– Finding the Key
Chapter 23– Face to Face with the Past
Chapter 24– Awakening the Dreamers
Chapter 25– Locking In
Chapter 26– The Operation
Chapter 27– Disconnected
Epilogue– On the nature of science and art of dreams

Typist’s Lullaby

Key stricken papers sprawl,
technologically unsound clicks
ratchet by in  rhythmic bliss.

Type: setting, tone, soupy words
congealed in a spoon. Eyes the color
and size of black olives cast anxious
stares over shelves and shelves
of what we were taught to want.

We don’t just talk to ourselves, anymore!
We have entire conversations with bloody
alphabet shaped pieces, dripping sticky down

white sleeves. Return to the typewriter,
to leave an archaic ink stain.

Cast blame on marketing schemes
and little CHEF BOY ARE DEE’S dreams.