Gods of Speech

by R.W. Taylor

Overview

A totalitarian regime known as the Great Public Unity has taken over western academia. Now, it's coming for the political sphere. Professor Adderson is a clinical psychologist and ethics professor in the Northwestern Province, American fourth district. He's a moderate. He has friends of different political affiliations, religions. He's always tried to see the people behind the ideals, even if he's failed at times. He's always tried to be courteous. Perhaps that's been his biggest failing. He's acquiesced for too long. He's lived a quiet, thoughtful life, driven by a genuine desire to investigate and transcend his presuppositions. He's hoped to pass wisdom to the younger generation, but now there's the revolution. It's made him angry. Brought in noise and chaos. Perhaps old age has caused him to become foolish in the face of it all. Obstinate.

For the Unity, obstinacy will not be tolerated. They have an inflexible agenda spelled out in the Statement of the Great Public Unity. It reads:

"This is the Statement of the Great Public Unity. We, the guardians of the civil interest, do declare our Impeccable Construct as a resolute guide for all people within the Secure World. There is no truth, only power. There is no morality, only constructs.
There is no history, only narrative. Safety prevails over freedom. Conformity prevails over disagreements. Politeness prevails over incorrectness. In service of the collective, We aim to abolish obstinacy. We aim to abolish unsound speech. We aim to abolish harmful assumptions. In service of these aims, all citizens are earnestly requested to: Wear preferred name and pronoun tags. Greet all with a smile and a pre-approved address. Promote wonderful outcomes."

Welcome to the end of western civilization.

~Short Read
Style: third person, present

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Categories: dystopian science fiction, science fiction tragedy, short political thriller

Product Details

BN ID:	2940155721536
Publisher:	R.W. Taylor
Publication date:	09/13/2018
Sold by:	Draft2Digital
Format:	eBook
File size:	210 KB

About the Author

Cross-genre writer R.W. Taylor likes to write...a lot. Think twelve hour days with a good-old fashion notebook and pencil—yes, that's how he prefers it—although he uses a laptop, too...sometimes. He's most at peace when he's diving deep and getting lost in the act of creation. He prefers writing science fiction and romance, but he's written political thrillers, erotica, poetry (bad poetry), and even a 50,000-word survival-lite fiction novel that may or may not ever see the light of day. He likes to experiment with styles and voices. He loves sharpening his skills through practice and experimentation. Short stories, novellas, novels; different tenses; serious stuff; light-hearted stuff; you name it. He likes to write about unique, imperfect characters who pull at your heartstrings because...they bleed. Or maybe one day he'll write about a perfect character with no flaws, or better yet, the most perfect character ever. When he's not writing, he works as a nobody associate at a secret chain store...somewhere in the universe.

He also likes naps, because, who doesn't like naps? And he likes his wife, Yeli Tige, too. She's pretty cool. Wait; scratch that. She's really cool. Without her, R.W.'s writing would have never come to be. Probably because he's a perfectionist and she's always telling him not to throw stuff away. Of reader interest: The two of them are currently working on a science fiction romance series.

Let's see, what else?

Right! Chocolate. R.W. Taylor likes chocolate. Lots of it. He can't write without it. Brain food 101. So you can thank chocolate, too.