Distracted

by J. Fitzpatrick Mauldin

"A group of under-employed room mates, obsessed with a distracting, technological world, fail to see the great tragedy hiding right under their noses."

"Distracted" is a cautionary tale of our future, outlining the cost of mobile device obsession, augmented (AR) and virtual reality (VR). While these amazing technological breakthroughs have many positive applications, the cost of our growing disconnection with the here-and-now can be steep.

18 pages, Kindle Edition

Published September 26, 2016

About the author

J. Fitzpatrick Mauldin is a science fiction and fantasy writer based in Atlanta, Georgia, where he lives with his bibliophilic wife and two daughters. Destined to be a nerd by birth, the product of a science, history, and engineering obsessed father and grandfather, he had no other option than to let his creative juices flow onto paper. Not a single genre writer, he explores many facets and sub genres of SFF such as cheesy horror, sci-fi satire, flintlock fantasy, and speculative fiction. Like many authors, genre niches are not what tend to arouse inspiration in him, but rather, what a character can do within a compelling setting. He seeks to explore grand events and extraordinary times while plumbing the depths of the human condition from life unto death—and beyond.

Reviews

[Evan · Rating 4 out of 5]

I gotta tell ya, while I was reading this, I couldn't help but get a sinking feeling in my gut. Is this where we are going as a plugged-in society? Hell, are we already there?

A great little yarn that actually hit a bit close to home and made me want to throw all of my devices in a drawer and go play outside. I recommend it.