The Massage Lady at Munjeong Road Bathhouse
ShortStory 4,660 words Recommended by 4 award/anthology sources
"Jinah stands in her old underwear and scrapes the future from women’s skin. Their scales fall to the floor. The women sit up scoured red and smooth. The scales are impossible to see unless you’ve learned how to look, but impossible to miss once you’ve learned how to see them. They’re translucent, shimmering, and colorful."
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