‘More Keira than Keira’ is the latest short story by New Zealand author Jack Freestone.
The technology for the cloning of celebrities has arrived. All that is required is a sample of their DNA. Because of this technology, a young girl discovers that her life is not what she thought it was.
“Look, she’s got blood on her,” said the older woman, lowering her voice. “You know what she is, don’t you?”
“She doesn’t even know what she is,” said the younger woman, in a loud whisper.
“You mean it doesn’t even know what it is? It’s an abomination. But it must be worth a fortune, to someone.”
More Keira than Keira can be purchased at Amazon.com, where you can also find more of Freestone’s works, including:
- Whale Bay – an autobiographical piece, based upon the author’s experiences surfing, and living in a cottage at Whale Bay, Raglan.
- Sweetwaters Music Festival – an autobiographical short story, concerning the author’s summer vacation working experiences in a concrete works at Kaiwaka, which led to him being hired as security for the 1983 Sweetwaters Music Festival in Pukekawa.
- The Bathing – the author recalls his university days studying law at Otago University in Dunedin, staying at the hostel Selwyn College, and the college tradition of bathing, as a punishment.