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Retail Is Dying

David Lee Zweifler & Ronan Zweifler

First published May 2025
Type Short Fiction
Length Short Story

This story follows an old man on a farewell tour of a vacant shopping mall accompanied by an AI companion modeled on his worst self. Despite the decline of the mall's retail offerings and his construct's discouragement, he finds that there is still something important worth acquiring there. [--author's website]

Co-authored by father and son. (Reviewed in Tangent Online and SFRevu.)

Date Publication Publisher Type Page
May 2025 Cover Analog Science Fiction and Fact, May-June 2025 Must Read Magazines MAGAZINE 54