Lamb in the Woods
Jen and Molly went fearlessly into the forbidden. Maria lagged behind. The virtual world fed into her brain by her wireless jack glazed the plain hallway with a layer of live-band clips advertising concerts that would be simulcast over the ether. It reminded her of how Pa always complained that since jacks came along, people just sat in an empty box and pretended they were having fun. But Maria remembered what an empty box the home ship had been before she got her first jack, and was glad to...