Razier: A Cyberpunk SciFi Short Story

A drug-addicted psychopath believes he has it made in his little corner of hell on Terra 4. He's at the top of his game as a local pusher of a new synthetic drug which allows the user to experience any emotion known to man. Never mind that the drug is synthesized from the harvesting of human bodies. The locals come to buy and he gives them what they need. Things change however, when a most unexpected visitor threatens to remove a veil he never knew he was wearing. She seems to have a power over him that threatens the very foundation upon which his life is built. She offers him a deal he can't refuse. But is his world real in the first place, or is he already rotting in a prison trapped inside a Virtual Sim?

This short story is a stand alone coming from one of P. T. Logos' collections of SciFi Short Stories. This short story presents a new edition to the great SciFi / Cyberpunk tradition of Charles Stross, Iain M. Banks, Frank Herbert, and Peter Hamilton.