A business woman's life spirals down into complete mental hopelessness after she loses her job.
Type:
Short
Status:
For sale
Page Count:
7pp
Genre:
Drama, Sci-Fi
Budget:
Independent
Age Rating:
13+
Synopsis/Details
Ellie, an elite business woman sits comfortably in a high class corporation, however little does she know that she and a few of her co-workers will soon have their jobs axed. When the inevitable happens, Ellie is devastated, walking out on her boyfriend, as she realizes that the future for her is bleak as with so many long-term unemployed people. Gateway Hospital is one way that the government deals with those who can no longer function within nor contribute to society. Note: Based on the author's own dystopic science fiction "Ellie in 2089" published in the literary magazine 'Write Away', Winter 2003, under the name of Nicole Matthews.

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Submitted: 2022-Jun-15
Last Updated: 2025-Aug-03
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The Writer: Sarah Nicole Faucher

Growing up as a severely hard-of-hearing and racially mixed child, Sarah Nicole Faucher gained invaluable insights into the human condition as she lip-read her parents’ conversations who were involved with Canadian Military Intelligence during the Cold War. As a result, she escaped in stories by Lloyd Alexander, Ursula K. LeGuin, Guy Gavriel Kay, Taliesin (The Mabinogian), and others. During her years at Carleton University, she studied Dietrich Bonhoeffer, Franz Kafka, Carl Jung, Joseph Campbell, and more towards her BA in English & Religious Studies. Sarah Nicole Faucher is a disability activist, poet, short fiction writer (under the name Nicole Matthews), and screenwriter of award-… Go to bio
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