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Laila Duchamp works for a major corporation that is gearing up to release a new product called Second Sight: a set of nanotech-powered contact lenses that provide the wearer with better than twenty-twenty vision, instant facial recognition, thermal infrared, and a slew of digital filters. It's her job to take these revolutionary lenses home for their first extended trial.

Despite some concerns Laila has over privacy, Second Sight is released to the public and meets with great success. But when the lenses begin to reveal more than advertised, how will the world respond?

Length: 10,200 words, 41 pages
Honors: Longlisted for the Wattys (2018)