Voices

Author Comments

I wrote Voices as a kind of protest against the internet and the way it seems to be controlling our daily lives. Even in my work environment, which is fairly small, people would rather e-mail and IM one another than actually speak. In the hallways of my office building, people from other companies don't make eye contact. Sometimes, just to throw down a wildcard, I say "Hi," which usually produces a look of confused panic in the recipient (I might be exaggerating slightly). It seems that the more we're connected online, the less connected we are to each other and ourselves. This story was written long before Donald Trump got elected; I used him as a symbol for all that is authoritarian, controlling, and oppressive. Little did I know.