@booklet {11724, title = {"The Empty"}, howpublished = {Asimov{\textquoteright}s Science Fiction }, volume = {46.11 \& 12 (602 \& 603) }, year = {2022}, month = {November/December 2022}, pages = {63-74}, abstract = {

Post-apocalyptic dystopia set in middle of the US known as \“The Empty\” because all the people have been moved out, although not, as it turns out, all have been. The protagonist is a women working at minimum wage (most people have no work) remotely overseeing the huge, automated trucks running at 200 kph across the area who has to travel to a truck that has broken down.

}, keywords = {Male author, US author}, issn = {1065-6298 }, author = {Ray[nald Patrice Desmeules] Nayler (b. 1976)} }