I’ve made progress on the sequel to Retro VR. I haven’t decided on a title, yet. I call it a sequel, but it feels like I’m writing a better ending. Anyway, I have the structure of the story the way I want it, so I just have to fill in the details.
Eventually, I would like to combine Retro VR with its sequel into a full-length novel. I have also scratched out a few lines of a hybrid live theatre/virtual reality play. The members of an audience of a play would receive a VR headset with their ticket. They see on the headset what the actors on the stage describe.
Retro VR questions whether virtual reality - combined with advanced sex robots - could alleviate social problems such as sex trafficking. I imagine that it would have unintended consequences of its own, such as the further dehumanization of sexual relationships.
I’m not ready to start a Kickstarter campaign yet. Freeditorial currently holds the rights to Retro VR. If you want to help me toward my goals of producing a novel or a hybrid play, please download Retro VR. The story is my entry in Freeditorial’s Long Short Story Contest. The winner will be determined by writing quality and the number of times each story is downloaded. I’m shooting for the First Place prize of $15,000. The prize money would help me get more work done.
You do not have to register to read the story.
If you follow the link, you'll see a synopsis of the story. Look to the right of the screen. You should see a DOWNLOADS OPTIONS menu. I prefer PDF, but READ ONLINE works just as well. You can download it to a Kindle or ereader.
Thank you.
