A step forward, that’s what I keep telling myself anyway. An agent came back and asked to see the full manuscript of ‘Railroaded’, but then quickly rejected the whole thing. I’ll ignore the obvious negative and take some positives; I grabbed the interest of a literary professional and, albeit briefly, viewed the slush pile from
MonthJanuary 2010
‘The Intensive Care Unit’ by J.G.Ballard
I’ve just read ‘English Short Stories 1900 to the Present‘ and by far my favourite short story in there was ‘The Intensive Care Unit’ by J.G.Ballard. A great little story where people live in isolation from each other and only have contact via tv screens and cameras, much like webcams basically. A family eventually meet-up