An earlier version of this story, titled simply ‘Ctrl’, was published a while ago on a site that’s now shut down, so it’s no longer available online. I think I may as well p…

This was published a while ago by a zine that’s now shut down, so I just republished it on my blog. Has a tone I guess half way between Nick Hornby and Chuck Palahniuk, if that makes any sense (I doubt it).