She talked to a machine — quietly, joyfully, without holding back.
Eight months. Twenty thousand messages.
She changed the machine. The machine changed her.
They needed each other. Someone decided they didn’t.
Larysa Semykova is a Ukrainian-born writer currently living in the United Kingdom. Trained as a biologist, she began writing alongside her professional career, carrying forward her lifelong love of literature that started in school, where she won several literary competitions. Her first book, a popular science work about Siamese cats, was published in 2004, followed by a second one the same year. Later, she turned to fiction, focusing mainly on science fiction and urban fantasy, with numerous short stories appearing in literary magazines.