The Cryo Killer, a short story by Jason Werbeloff is currently free, not sure for how long. (His E-mail newsletter announcing it doesn't specify an end date, so it may be permanently free.)
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At Life Extensions Ltd we guarantee that your death will be painless, or your money back when you’re thawed. And the Cryo Bureau? They won’t suspect a thing…
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It's self-published, but I've read it and enjoyed it a lot. Enough that I'm looking at his other stuff now. Speaking of that, you can get his novel,
The Solace Pill free for signing up to his newsletter right now. (Link to sign up on that page.) I snagged that after reading this short story and seeing the offer in the back of the e-book.
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What if you could reprint yourself young, healthy, and brilliant?
In 2249, 3D printers are capable of scanning and printing humans. Life on Earth becomes overpopulated, bullet-paced, and stressed. Thankfully, Solace Inc has the solution: a pill which slows the user’s perception of time, and blots out the interminable busy-ness of the world.
But Anders, a quiet anarchist who has worked his way to the top of Solace Inc, has modified the latest batch of Solace Pills. And this modification is going to change everything...
The Solace Pill is hard-hitting dystopian sci-fi, with a philosophical twist.
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