Review of "Born Again," a short story by P.J. Lincoln
Summary: Beth Tanner has a secret. It's one she's kept from her husband, Jackson, for more than a decade of marriage. Now, a chance encounter with a device that allows your past to be viewed in full detail, Beth Tanner must confront her long ago transgressions. Beth lives an ideal soccer-mom suburban lifestyle. It's a life she's grown accustomed to and she doesn't want to give it up. But Jackson needs to know the truth and that world she treasurers so much could be taken away. Review: A short piece with a quick, engaging plot that somehow feels lacking in the end. Lincoln has some writing skills, no question there. The opening scene to the story is quite good. He immediately manages to create sympathetic characters with only a few short paragraphs. Beth and Jackson are having the type of conversation that almost any person that has been in a long-term relationship could relate to. The mysterious salesman and "life-sync" device pique...