Secondary Trauma

Short Fiction - 10,000+ Words
Genre - Science Fiction
Status - Unpublished, Submitting

Awards: Writers of the Future Semi-Finalist

A paramedic drone is rebuilt in Chicago and must come to grips with having a curated memory. His human partner assures him his personality has been downloaded many times—protecting his artificial intelligence from the debilitating effects of secondary trauma.

But paramedics witness the worst things that humans experience—and secondary trauma can affect anyone.