Jk-Lol
Published on 14. January 2025
Book
Paperback/Softback
126 pages
979-8-9891730-4-4 (ISBN)
Description
Ted Hideman is a family man and a renowned tech start up guru.
He's also the notorious impossible-to-track online troll JK-LOL.
When his online persona spills over into the real world, attacking those he's virtually harassed and leaving a trail of bodies from California to Mississippi, the disgraced Silicon Valley wünderkind must abandon the protective anonymity of the online sphere and desperately search for answers in the real world.
As the authorities close in on him, and with the unlikely allyship of a cybercrimes-focused federal agent who's been trying to nail JK-LOL for years, Ted is brought face-to-face with the living embodiments of his vile, hateful speech. Following in the tradition of Black Mirror and Barb's sci-fi/horror novelette Helicopter Parenting in the Age of Drone Warfare, JK-LOL highlights the dark side of tech and how terrifying connectivity can truly be.
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Language
English
Product notice
Paperback (trade)
Unsewn / adhesive bound
Dimensions
Height: 216 mm
Width: 140 mm
Thickness: 8 mm
Weight
169 gr
ISBN-13
979-8-9891730-4-4 (9798989173044)
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Patrick Barb is an author of weird, dark, and horrifying tales, currently living (and trying not to freeze to death) in Saint Paul, Minnesota. His published works include his debut sci-fi/horror novel Abducted, the dark fiction collections The Children's Horror and Pre-Approved for Haunting, the novellas The Nut House, Night of the Witch-Hunter, and JK-LOL, as well as the novelette Helicopter Parenting in the Age of Drone Warfare. In addition, he is the editor and publisher of the anthology And One Day We Will Die: Strange Stories Inspired by the Music of Neutral Milk Hotel, and runs the monthly interview column "Your Favorite Author's Favorite Author" in Shortwave Magazine. His 2023 short story "The Scare Groom" was selected for Best Horror of the Year Volume 16. Visit him at patrickbarb.com.