The Wisdom of the Galaxy

Will McMahon Strange Horizons 2026

ShortStory 2,592 words

When 2008 hit and I got laid off from Circuit City, a friend of mine managed to get me work at the local supermarket deli. It was a shit job, but I was beyond grateful at the time.

Slipstream Friendship Ambiguous Ending

More tags 16

Class Inequality Speculative Fiction Wry Melancholic Social SF Contemporary Literary SF Contemplative Belonging First Person Grief And Loss Identity Voice Driven Bittersweet Character Driven Science Fiction

Quasar links out; the story lives on Strange Horizons, where the author gets the click.

← Browse more short fiction