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Cordelia Showers

Barb is on the floor of her apartment doing push-ups, huffing heavily, when Cordelia comes in through the front door (and only door, to be honest). “Not this flapjack again,” Cordelia says. “Two hundred...

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The Bug Guy

It is beginning to drizzle as Rama leads Haru Ono across the zoo to the bug house. They move quickly along the paths, trying to stay beneath the cover of the eucalyptus trees as...

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Berb Wallermoose

The worst part of BoomBoom Repair Care has to be the wait, or at least that’s what bothers Barb the most. You schedule an appointment with an AI, you get your confirmation, you show...

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A Bad Thing

Lily is already at Bambang’s Noodle House when Lucy arrives. She is sitting just inside the door, by the restaurant’s plate glass front window. Lucy goes straight to the table and sits down. She...

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The Old Zoo App

Haru Ono makes good time on the city sidewalks once she hikes down to the bottom of the Twin Peaks no-tech zone and her backpack scooter will run again. She never rides on the...

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Vomitus Cometa

It’s drizzling in Golden Gate Park, and it’s making Barb more than a little irritated. “Of course it’s raining,” she grumbles. “I just got my hair did, and it’s flapjacking raining.” Her partner-in-repo, Eliza...

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Virtual Cake

“It’s been almost a year since I died,” Marigold says. “I wonder if we should get a cake?” “Don’t,” Wake says. “It’s not funny.” “Says you. I think I’m hilarious.” Wake is sitting at...

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Washing Dishes

Lucy takes another emote drop out of the open packet on the coffee table, and puts it on her tongue: Washing Dishes After a Christmas Meal. The drop dissolves in her mouth, and her...