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Deadline: August 31st, 2012 Payment: All contributors will receive one comp copy, and one story each issue will be selected as the editor's favourite, receiving payment at 4p/word (capped at £200). Payment to non-UK residents is by PayPal ONLY. We cannot send foreign bankers drafts or send foreign currency. As the World CyberBank finally seizes the last remaining free state in its neon grip, the world has become a peculiar place. The tramp of a million tiny feet echoes in the night as the internet pixies are put to work – polishing jpegs, stamping emails, churning bit-rate butter, and taking the frame-rates for a walk. Government spybots police the streets as currency finally gains self-awareness; money is now literally in control. Materialism is the new Art, and dollar-green is the only colour in this season. And just what is the Association for Fetishism doing with all those newly sentient garden gnomes? To celebrate our glorious slide back into this double dip recession, Polluto is selling sex, money and slave-labour. Grab your wallet and head on over! Need inspiration? Here are some ideas: Domination, Authoritarianism, Totalitarianism and Dystopia. Ancient Empires and Evil Empires. Consumerism, materialism, money, power and corruption. The All-mighty Dollar. Anything Cyberpunk. Taxes, Recession and Depression – but it doesn’t have to be depressing! Slaves – human, alien, golem, fantastical, robot, cyber or other. Slaves of the past or slaves of the future. Sex, sexuality, orgies, voyeurism, raves and parties. The oldest profession in the world. The digital age. The rich-poor divide, developing countries, exploitation, child labour. Governments and their Machiavellian schemes. Anything else that you think fits the theme! This theme does not necessarily require a sci-fi, fantasy, spec fic, or bizzaro response, though, of course, it never hurts! We prefer stories with a surreal, bizarre, or delightfully...