The Watchman

Fenster

I've hosted it through my site. The story's in HTML format, although with some downloadable format options:

http://www.bhalash.com/main/writs/watchman/index.php

An excerpt:

The Watchman wrote:

So after they started feeding people, the corporations gathered up what was left of the governments here and told them, ''hi y'all! You may have noticed us recently. Yeah, that's us. We've been the ones handing out hot soup and winter clothing to the starving people who live in that burnt-out building yonder. Tell you what, we can do more than that for you. We can rebuild your economy, give you all of these wonderful technological toys that we use, give you all some respectability up above. Put you back on your feet, really. All we ask in return is that you let us set up a few research laboratories, oh, over here and over there.''
''But why (remember what I said about this question?)?'' we asked them, suspicious.
''Well it's research,'' they said. ''Everyone will benefit in the end.''
''Of course it's research,'' we replied. ''But why here and now?''
''Ah,'' they told us, ''that's a good question. You see, there are certain kinds of research that's easier to do when there are fewer rules to work by, and we feel that your, umm, benighted world's... unique frontier environment would be amenable to this research. Really, absolutely, the work is boring and the details are tedious. Not a hair on the smallest baby's head will be hurt, on my honour. Now if you can just sign here please.''

Matt Holck

cancer is the answer

haven't read it all
but I like what I saw