Human Fragments

HUMAN FRAGMENTS

SHORT SCI-FI STORIES THAT ASK WHAT IT MEANS TO BE HUMAN

BY GAL PODJARNY

What makes us human?

Is it the big things … or the little things?

And how do we collect all these fragments – large and small – into ourselves?

In her first short stories collection, author and psychologist Gal Podjarny explores what makes up the self in Human Fragments:

• When Jade, a non-binary smartass, decides to try a new technology that can change their entire personality, they end up in a position they never could have imagined in Jaded.
• Josiah, The Banker of the title, arrives with good news: his clients have extra time banked, so they won’t be dying today … but what happens when one client doesn’t want it?
• In Say My Name, Michal returns home from a job interview and finds a doppelganger has taken her place. But which is the ‘real’ Michal … is it her, or the doppelganger? How can anyone tell?

Stemming from years of studying psychology, Gal Podjarny questions what we take for granted: the stories we tell ourselves about ourselves.