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c_zientek
She called in sick. This was unusual for her to do—normally, she would just ghost an employer, but she liked her boss and the crew, and the state-mandated wage kept the pile of bills on her thrift–store kitchen table to a minimum. Besides, cleaning was a no-skill, no-stress McJob anyway. Cleaning up. That seemed like…
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Jimmy O’Hara
The Rat is Myth Unspoken I startle as the city rat darts gingerly past. This shrewd, cunning figure; this trickster imposes her shadow upon the rancid alley where our waste is her treasure, her relief, a plentiful bounty to feed her children. We jump as vermin slither into the concrete void, threaten to pounce and…
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Jeffrey Thompson
Though you think it can’t it does sneak up on you while you’re reading or making love. Breathing through a mask, mere craftsman, not even co-star, it slices you from your next move and creeps off. Then you wait, lost, not seeing yourself, anything, as you did, till your orders arrive. You’ll start at the…
