Mary Robinette Kowal

Katya deals in Authenticities and Captures, trading on nostalgia for a past long gone. Her clients are rich and they demand items and experiences with only the finest verifiable provenance. Other people’s lives have value, after all. But when her A.I. suddenly stops whispering in her ear she finds herself cut off from the grid and loses communication with the rest of the world. The man who stepped out of the trees while hunting deer cut her off from the cloud, took her A.I. and made her his unwilling guest. There are no Authenticities or Captures to prove Katya’s story of what happened in the forest. You’ll just have to believe her...

Forest of Memory

Maggie Gordon

Forest of Memory is a beautifully unsettling novella. Taking place in the near future where our technological connects now enable constant and continuous recording, the narrative talks a lot about what authenticity and memory are, particularly in this electronically enabled landscape. How far will people do to experience "experiences"? What makes something authentic when there is access to so much? When people are never truly alone? 

Katya, our protagonist, deals in authenticities, which in this world can be akin to a very particular antique dealer. However, she's taken offline one day and this novella is the story of her experiences. What makes them so interesting to read about is that you are never really quite sure the motivations behind whoever had Katya forced into her little adventure, and what that means about human behaviour. 

I would definitely be done for more work in this universe, but Forest of Memory gives readers an fascinating and intriguing glimpse at a future that could easily be ours.

Naty Corbett

this was a fun little jaunt into a not-so-distant future, exploring consciousness and memory.

Halsted Mencotti Bernard

I like feeling like I am in good, confident hands when I read a story, and I felt that way throughout the enchanting "Forest of Memory". The story is interesting and well-told in novella size, while leaving me wanting more from the protagonist and the world. Upon finishing, I immediately wanted to read more of this author's work.

Leafling

Katya deals in Authenticities and Captures, trading on nostalgia for a past long gone. Her clients are rich and they demand items and experiences with only the finest verifiable provenance. Other people’s lives have value, after all. But when her A.I. suddenly stops whispering in her ear she finds herself cut off from the grid and loses communication with the rest of the world. The man who stepped out of the trees while hunting deer cut her off from the cloud, took her A.I. and made her his unwilling guest. There are no Authenticities or Captures to prove Katya’s story of what happened in the forest. You’ll just have to believe her. At the Publisher's request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied.

Forest of Memory

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