- Publisher: Outpost 19
Creative writing professor Pamela begins to sense that something is very wrong at Sanford Liberal Arts College, (SLAC), Home of the Slackers. In the midst of pandemic isolation, everyone is conducting their work duties on Zoom and the campus atmosphere is becoming increasingly toxic.
Is something sinister going on among the new administration?
The Pamela Papers is an academic and technological satire with speculative elements, told through documents such as e-mails, Zoom chats, accreditation guidelines, Pamela’s To-Do Lists, and a word cloud. It is a short comic novel about the technology that helped many to do their jobs during the pandemic—but that also made it easier to give lip service to values like humanity, compassion, and diversity while using isolation and disconnection to speed up the dehumanization of the workplace.
Ultimately, Pamela and two colleagues must band together to stand up against insidious forces, embrace their humanity, and save their campus.