Matt Dovey is a writer of short speculative fiction. He is very tall, very British, and probably drinking a cup of tea right now. His surname rhymes with “Dopey”, but any other similarities to the dwarf are purely coincidental. More →
You're not a person, they say, circling. You're one of Them. From the other side.
”The doorbell rings.
"Hello? Anybody home?"
A woman's voice. Well-spoken, which worries me; in this area, anyone with an education is some kind of official.
I'm lying on the sofa and my mind's fluttering back and forth, settling on memories from before Shaun got ill.
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Anna stared up at Sally. Her hair and skin were so pale as to be almost white, especially in the weak sunlight of the factory. She was only twenty-two, Anna knew, only five years older than Anna herself, but she looked worn through, like milk watered down too thin.
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