ENTER: THE ANADROID
by Edward Dawson and Arthur MacKay, illustrations by Jeff DiamondThis story began as a casual remark made by Arthur on the ANARCHY bulletin board about Ana Voog, who said she wished she was an android.
Arthur said: "Actually, I'm finding it hard NOT to write a little story about the ANAdroid making its way into the Avalon Compound. hmmmmmmmm.....somewhere around 2075-ish, I'm thinkin........makes me nice and old...... Any input, Ed?"
That was enough to set me off and I wrote the first scene of this story. He responded with a second scene, and we went back and forth like that until I ended it with scene eight.
In real life Ana and her boyfriend Fetik3 run the bulletin board. Ana is a visual and recording artist, ex-leader of a new wave band called the Blue Up; and Fetik3 is a composer and programmer. The BBS is part of her and Fetik3's complex of pages devoted to her cam, to music, to art and to all sorts of other fun stuff. Definitely check out her main site at http://www.anacam.com/ and his at http://www.fetik3.com/.
Arthur, the Jeff and I are regular visitors to the ANAverse, as is also an occasionally delightful, sometimes annoying young woman who calls herself "Imp" or "Imp Uni". Even though the irrepressible Imp is cast as the improbable villain of this story, keep in mind that this is all in fun among friends. So here's the story. - Edward