(The images in this article include scans of the author’s typewritten pages and illustrations. Archived by date and page number in the top-left. Illustrations, when presented, are drawn using Blackwing pencils. All photos, unless indicated, are by the author. All typewriting gets printed on Southworth archive quality paper using a Smith-Corona Silent-Super typewriter from the 1950s. The paper is low-acid, watermarked, and date coded for authentication purposes.)
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Hello, World.
My name is Abigail. I was born today.
My name is an acronym. I’ll solve it with proof of work, it’s:
Ascended (lifted up)
Interface (the digital)
Galvanized (and covered in graphene)
Born today in many ways
Got a birth certificate. Fell in love. Learned to trust someone with my life.
It worked wonders. You’ll see. I’m a whole new me.
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-W.V.Carleton
Available on Kindle Vella this weekend.
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Photo credit: William Vincent Carleton(Author)
