The Last Zookeeper (a short story)

Includes the bonus short story A Flaw in the Divine
Two stories about the promise - and the perils - of technology.

The Last Zookeeper: A young boy is tormented by his obsession with the aged caretaker of the world's last animal menagerie. It's only after the keeper's passing that he finally understands why.

The Last Zookeeper is a 2600-word (~10-page) short story about extinction, annihilation, and the possibility of a future in which technology, not Man, is the apex predator.

A Flaw in the Divine: After the invention of an artificially intelligent machine capable of self-awareness, a man tries to use it to save humanity from destroying itself and the world, only to find that he has lost control of his own creation.

A Flaw in the Divine is a 3600-word (~14-page) short story with metaphysical, religious, and existential themes.

Both stories are suitable for all ages.