Chapter 1 Akuba needs to get rid of her client’s face if she plans on living past the week. She sees herself from above, the image floating in front of her eyes. She’s in a gondola, high above the canal. Isaac is with her. He tweaks something on his phone. “Getting...
Alex Livingston
Alex Livingston grew up in various quiet New England towns before moving to Buffalo, NY to study English at Canisius College. His fiction has appeared in Daily Science Fiction, Bastion, Quantum Fairy Tales, Goldfish Grimm’s Spicy Fiction Sushi, and other venues. He lives in an old house with his brilliant wife and a pile of aged videogame systems. Visit him online at galaxyalex.com.
Proximity
I see the blurred teenager long before the others do. We’re on the train, fishing meta as the rush-hour crowd crams on and off. A crush of people, all bored and messing about on their phones. Buying stuff. Thinking about buying stuff. Messaging people. Scrolling...
