Q: How does writing speculative fiction affect your daily life (not as a writer but as a person)?
A: Speculative fiction has changed the way I look at the things we consider “everyday” objects or events. I drive to work every day, but a car would have been “speculative fiction” to George Washington. I send text messages frequently, but has a phone’s use for actually talking become obsolete? I’m constantly thinking: What new device will come that will change everything we know about the world, and — more importantly — am I conscious of the changes that are happening to me right now?
Christopher Cervelloni’s story “Trucks in Reverse” was
published in Metaphorosis on Friday, 9 June 2017.
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