Brian DeHority

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“The Implant's Demands” by Brian DeHority

Submitted to Contest #206

Sensitive Themes: Physical violence, Suicide Noah sat hunched in his small grey cell, his khakis and pastel blue oxford button down begrimed and wrinkled, drenched in sweat and urine. A regular drip reverberated around the enclosure with each new drop of sweat falling to the puddle he sat in. The only decoration was a single, wooden crucifix bolted to the wall, the form of Jesus, muscled and fair, eternally gazing down at the sorry souls trapped here. Noah's neck creaked as he looked up and out before him, towards the open air of New York ...

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PhD student and presidential fellow at the Bioelectronic Systems Lab at Columbia university. Love writing about science and neuro-technology and how they affect people and society etc etc :)