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A Stillness like the Heart of a Rose
Saturday, 18 March, 2017 – Ann Arbor, Michigan On Saturday morning, Kate rises later than normal and groans when she sees that the time is already past 7:00. The consequence, no doubt, of her wild gin-fueled debauchery of the evening, and the bizarre experience at the end of it. If she wants to get anything…
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A Night Out with the Boys
Friday, 17 March, 2017 – Ann Arbor, Michigan Kate hasn’t had money to go out, nor any people to go out with, in what seems like forever. But now she’s had a couple paychecks—and they are much nicer paychecks than what she was used to the last couple years—and she can actually afford to have…
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Praxis et Theorica Mortis
Friday, 17 March, 2017 – Ann Arbor, Michigan On Friday morning, Kate is surprised to find herself waking up before the alarm. This minor miracle happens only very occasionally, but the rare days on which it does occur are guaranteed to be special. In fact, Kate feels so well-rested that it almost feels as though…
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Seeing Jon
Thursday, 16 March, 2017 – Ann Arbor, Michigan Unlike in her previous job, Kate now has a real office. Well, it’s actually more of a room, big enough to have meetings in except that it has a nice desk facing out into the middle of the room, and a large conference table, pushed against the…
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The Atrium
Tuesday, 14 March, 2017 — Ann Arbor, Michigan “Coming in early on your first day!” Nuriel smiles at Chris as he steps inside. “I have your badge here, but I’m afraid nobody else is back there yet. Can you find your way?” “Sure, thanks,” Chris says, clipping the badge to his belt like he saw…
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At the Bus Stop
Tuesday, 14 March, 2017 – Ann Arbor, Michigan The alarm blares and Kate moans. Her bed is just a futon mattress on the floor, the ancient digital alarm clock—broken badly enough to look like it’s falling apart but miraculously still running—is perched on an old plastic milk crate near her head that functions as Kate’s…
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Paying the Rent
Monday, 13 March, 2017 – Ann Arbor, Michigan She was not about to leave early, fainting spell or no fainting spell, although it did worry her. Instead, Kate acted as though nothing had happened and kept doing her work—which anyway consisted of mostly easy stuff: filing and a couple contracts to be entered at that…
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A Little Faint
13 March, 2017 – Ann Arbor, Michigan Kate has just finished picking up the engineers’ time sheets in the room they call the “bullpen” when the faintness strikes her. The bullpen is a big room at the far north end of the first floor with a beautiful view of the park and fountain which all…
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Haniel
Sunday, 5 March, 2017 – Ann Arbor, Michigan and Late Sixth Century – Trier, Austrasia The parking structure at Ann and Ashley is not the tallest building in the northwest quarter of Ann Arbor, but it is best positioned to afford long views up Miller Road all the way to the highway, as well as…
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Home
13 February, 2017 – Ann Arbor, Michigan With the engineers downstairs, Haniel was cheerful and informal, even a little funny. Now, however, as Kate sits in a clean and austere waiting room on the third floor, when Haniel comes back through the doors she is serious. Her voice is almost hushed when she says: “Mister…
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The Lost Boys
13 February, 2017 – Ann Arbor, Michigan When Jon walks in, Saed and Ulrich are both typing at their keyboards pretty furiously, although of course you have to look at Saed to know that he’s typing, whereas with Ulrich it seems like you ought to be able to hear him hitting the keys from outside…
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Suburban
13 February, 2017 – Ann Arbor, Michigan Even on the day of her interview, it takes Kate five full minutes of staring at her computer before she can bring herself to finally hit send. And then she wishes she could call it back. The two-sentence length of the email certainly offers little justification for her…
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