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Plumage from Pegasus: till human voices shake us, and we frown.

Publication: The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction
Publication Date: 01-OCT-08 		Format: Online
Delivery: Immediate Online Access
Full Article Title: Plumage from Pegasus: till human voices shake us, and we frown.(Short story)

Article Excerpt
"Advertisers have a new way to get into your head ... audio technology that sends sound in a narrow beam ... Court TV recently installed the audio spotlight in ceilings of bookstores to promote the network's new murder-mystery show. A voice, whispering, 'Hey, you, can you hear me? Do you ever think about murder?' was beamed towards customers as they browsed...."

--"The marketers have your ear," Jenn Abelson, The Boston Globe, 4/24/07.

I was hoping the therapist could help me.

I had begun hearing voices, and was worried.

Only in certain situations, however. And the voices hadn't counseled me to do any harm yet, to myself or others. In fact, their messages were rather perplexing. Nonetheless, I needed to clear this matter up.

Doctor Loverso was younger than I, always a mildly disconcerting fact to encounter in such professional relationships. He resembled Leonardo DiCaprio with a wispy mustache and less facial baby fat. We exchanged handshakes, and I took a seat. Dr. Loverso picked up a steno pad and pen.

"Now, Mr. Oster, please describe...

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