Quasar

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Temporal Slider

ShortStory 4,976 words Recommended by 1 award/anthology source

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"For the longest time I could only get sliding jobs. It didn’t depress me, though; it seemed like a natural place to start. There was still time. I was sleeping rough in Wellington when I got my first job. I hitched from Palmy into the Hutt and started walking towards the city. I doorstepped a squeaky bicycle, and before long I was rolling along the long curve of the harbour, sparkling water on my left, traffic on my right, rusty bike chain rasping in my wake."

Speculative FictionClass InequalityRestrained

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Slow BurnConsciousnessUrbanWryMelancholicNear FutureSocial SFContemporaryLiterary SFContemplativeBelongingFirst PersonLiteraryIdentityVoice Driven

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