Animal Instinct
by Amy Shearn
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"In the middle of reading Animal Instinct, I had to stop to text this to a friend: “Divorce is so HOT right now!” In this story, Rachel is stuck inside her Brooklyn apartment at the start of the COVID-19 shutdowns. She craves everything from flirting to full-on sex after her divorce, and as she cruises through the dating apps, she starts to think: What if I could create the perfect AI partner, who would always say just the right thing? She’s got the tech savvy to bring her idea to “life,” but it might take more than chat to satisfy her animal instincts."
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