One last fascinating tidbit about Amy Brill: her Twitter page says that she had a baby in a car, so she's clearly some sort of superhero, considering the fact that I could barely have a baby in a hospital.
On to the story...
"ReMem" was published in this month's One Story, otherwise known as the lit journal you can fit into your pant's pocket. And long story short (pun intended), I loved it. It's this really cool sci-fi-ish, futuristic, dystopian....family saga? YEAH IT IS. You've all read George Saunders Tenth of December by now right? Assuming you have, because you must, imagine Saunders with a bit less self-awareness and a smidge more emotional connection to his characters (no judgment--- I clearly adored his book, like he cares anyway).
"ReMem" tells the story of Alfred and his daughter Lauria, and his dead wife Elleni is in there too, because Alfred and Lauria live in a world where all of their memories are recorded and can be accessed at any time through various fancy technological interfaces. The only problem is that Alfred's been getting these nasty headaches...oh and one other problem: humanity is contemplating the possibility of going body-less. Just upload your memories to the server and you can be released from that pesky physical existence of yours.
A sign of a great short story is that it satisfies while also leaving you wanting more. ReMem fits the bill.
