{"id":2633,"date":"2014-08-12T03:54:52","date_gmt":"2014-08-12T03:54:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.everywritersresource.com\/shortstories\/?p=2633"},"modified":"2014-08-12T03:56:44","modified_gmt":"2014-08-12T03:56:44","slug":"troll-bot","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.everywritersresource.com\/shortstories\/troll-bot\/","title":{"rendered":"Troll Bot"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"width: 600px;\" class=\"wp-video\"><video class=\"wp-video-shortcode\" id=\"video-2633-1\" width=\"600\" height=\"300\" preload=\"metadata\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"video\/x-ms-wmv\" src=\"https:\/\/www.everywritersresource.com\/shortstories\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/uncannyvalley1.wmv?_=1\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.everywritersresource.com\/shortstories\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/uncannyvalley1.wmv\">https:\/\/www.everywritersresource.com\/shortstories\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/uncannyvalley1.wmv<\/a><\/video><\/div>\n<h1 align=\"CENTER\"><b>Troll Bot<\/b><\/h1>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">by Denis Bell<\/p>\n<p>The latest item had come in while Ray was out of the office. West Coast \u2013 TB17. He looked at it and swore under his breath. He hadn\u2019t signed on for this crap, at least it wasn\u2019t what he thought he was signing on for. Looked like he was in for the duration now. No official rule against resigning, yet you heard things \u2026 roach motels and the like. Ray shuddered at the thought, he had a couple of kids. He forced his attention back to the printout.<\/p>\n<p>Awaiting Category:<br \/>\n8\/15\/2013 9:35 am PST<br \/>\ntombo3574\/gmail.com<\/p>\n<h1 class=\"western\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Arial Narrow', sans-serif;\">Our Street<\/span><\/h1>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: 'Arial Narrow', sans-serif;\">ON OUR STREET every child has a mom and a dad<\/span><\/p>\n<p>ON OUR STREET everybody is whyte<\/p>\n<p>Everybody is strate<\/p>\n<p>Everybody sez their prayers<\/p>\n<p>Dogz live forever<\/p>\n<p>Catz dont exist<\/p>\n<p>Everybody bathes (twice a day)<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: 'Arial Narrow', sans-serif;\">ON OUR STREET everybody is <\/span><span style=\"font-family: 'Arial Narrow', sans-serif;\"><b>DEDD<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<p>What the frack, a <i>poem<\/i>? Following this \u201cwork of art\u201d, the usual synopsis. Ray felt a little sick as he read it over.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: 'Bank Gothic';\">Tamas (Tommy) Olenic<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-family: 'Bank Gothic';\">Age 15<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-family: 'Bank Gothic';\">Caucasian male<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-family: 'Bank Gothic';\">Parents Divorced<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-family: 'Bank Gothic';\">No sibs<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-family: 'Bank Gothic';\">Address: 355 Cedar Avenue, Portland OR 83510 Introvert\/Extrovert Spectrum: l3<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-family: 'Bank Gothic';\">Sexual orientation: ?<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-family: 'Bank Gothic';\">St Johns High School, Oak Hill District, Portland OR<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-family: 'Bank Gothic';\">Grades: B\/C (underachiever)<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-family: 'Bank Gothic';\">INTERESTS: Drama club, Faulkner society<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-family: 'Bank Gothic';\">Crim: N\/A<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-family: 'Bank Gothic';\">Psy: N\/A<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Jim looked over from the other desk. \u201cWhat you got there, Buster?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Ray stared back stonily. Forty years of age, he must have been ten years older than this schmuck though the other man had seniority. He was welcome to it.<\/p>\n<p>Ray handed it over. \u201cCame in ten minutes ago.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHmm \u2026 <i>Tamas<\/i>. Sounds East European. Most likely why it got picked up, aftter Boston.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSounds like a goddam idiot.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cLit nerd. Creative type. Disaffected.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Ray sighed. \u201cWant me to send it on?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cFits the profile.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cPretty darn weak if you ask me. See the Crim\/Psy? C-4 at the most.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe\u2019re sending C-4 now. You did get the memo, I suppose?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Ray was thinking about Mark, who this year would be applying to colleges. Anne, who was majoring in Psychology at Penn.<\/p>\n<p>\u201c<i>High school kids, <\/i>for God\u2019s sake?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cShit happens. Kid walks into a mall. Say hello to my little friend. Next thing you know, we\u2019re on Fox News Sunday.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhereas another screwball turns up in a dumpster\u2026\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThat\u2019s what you do with garbage, right?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cA truck driver in Maine.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cFell asleep at the wheel of his cab. Happens all the time.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cA witless little punk in Oregon.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cDon\u2019t sweat it. Probably won\u2019t even happen.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIf it does you won\u2019t see it on Fox.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBrief mention on News At Ten, maybe. On a slow night.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe all get a gold star.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHell, it\u2019s nice to be appreciated.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cPossibly a bonus.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBaby needs a new pair of shoes.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou know what? I\u2019ve just about had it with this shit.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHey, you got a problem Joe Friday, take it upstairs. I\u2019m just doing my job.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYour job.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cKeeping the public safe.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: small;\"><i>Troll Bot<\/i><\/span><span style=\"font-size: small;\">: a device that monitors Internet traffic, searching for suspicious activity.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>###<\/p>\n<p>Denis Bell is a mathematics professor living in Jacksonville, Florida. He was born in London, England, a while ago. He is the father of two great kids. Aside from writing short fiction, his hobbies include listening to music, watching Premier League soccer, and surfing (the web, that is!). His work has appeared in <em>Foliate Oak, Flash: The International Short-Short Story Magazine, The Prague Revue<\/em>, and many other journals.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The latest item had come in while Ray was out of the office. West Coast \u2013 TB17. He looked at it and swore under his breath. 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