‘Lost Boy, Found Boy’ by Jenn Polish

3.5 stars

‘Lost Boy, Found Boy’ is a short work of science fiction loosely based upon characters from ‘Peter Pan.’  Author Polish has included familiar character names and elements, while adding an original plot and making some changes to the characters.

We start off with Peter and his enbyfriend Mir.  Circumstances are vague, but the story clearly takes place in the future, after Earth is no longer habitable, oxygen is hard to come by, and a war is being fought.  Peter wakes one morning to learn that Mir has volunteered for the war effort, desperately wanting to fly.  Peter, master programmer and hacker that he is, copes with Mir’s leaving by creating a virtual world in which their physical bodies can safely inhabit.  Peter thinks he’s programed the interface in such a way that not only would he and Mir be able to fly in this created space, Neverland, but also that Mir’s memory would be altered to forget leaving Peter to join the war.  Peter wants nothing more than to be reunited with his paramour and for the pair to be left alone together.

Peter’s overestimation of his programming abilities causes some issues.  First a cyborg with a hook shows up, a boy with some flesh left, but whose veins have been replaced with wires by the war effort.  Then Gwen shows up, and names the interface Tinker Bell, after the noises it/she makes when communicating.  Then Gwen and Tink seem to grow close, and Hook seems to have a crush on Peter.  As Peter urges Tink on to find the correct human companion, Mir, Tink brings in Jon, Michael, Nibs, and Slightly; boys lost to the war effort who all seem to have memory issues upon entering Neverland through Tink’s portal.  One last desperate attempt brings Mir to Peter, at the height of memory problems and interface overloads.

Will Mir and Peter remember each other and get to live happily ever after?  Will Tink overload and send all the children back to the horrible war?  Find out on March 19^th!

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