Agent

by Shirley Kennett

"Agent" is a bold science fiction short story exploring man's future interaction with computers using personal "agents," sophisticated avatars in code form that reside within cyberspace. What happens when a psychopath crafts a powerful agent to do his evil work for him?


This story was first published in Analog Science Fiction and Fact in 2003.

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First published June 8, 2012

About the author

Shirley Kennett is the author of the PJ Gray series of thrillers, which center on a psychologist and single mother who deploys virtual reality technology to solve homicides for the St. Louis Police Department. The novels in the series include Gray Matter, Fire Cracker, Chameleon, Act of Betrayal, and Time of Death. She is also the author of Burning Rose, a stand-alone environmental mystery. Under the pseudonym Dakota Banks, Kennett wrote the Mortal Path series of supernatural thrillers. She lives in Missouri.

Shirley Kennett is a member of International Thriller Writers, Mystery Writers of America, Sisters in Crime, and the American Crime Writers League. She lives with her husband, two sons, and several cats in the St. Louis metropolitan area.

aka Morgan Avery, Dakota Banks.