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Alix E. Harrow

Episode #74: Mr. Death

Enjoy our audio presentation of “Mr. Death” by Alix E. Harrow. Narrated by Chris Lester. Produced by KT Bryski.

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Alix E. Harrow

Mr. Death

I’ve ferried two hundred and twenty-one souls across the river of death, and I can already tell my two-hundred-and-twenty-second is going to be a real shitkicker. I know by the lightness of the manila folder in my hand, the preemptive pity in the courier’s face as she gives it to me. I read the typewritten card paper-clipped to the front with my stomach tensed, braced for the sucker punch.

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Alix E. Harrow

A Witch’s Guide to Escape: A Practical Compendium of Portal Fantasies

Our late fee is twenty-five cents per day or a can of non-perishable food during the summer food drive. By the time the boy finally slid The Runaway Prince into the return slot, he owed $4.75. I didn’t have to swipe his card to know; any good librarian (of the second kind) ought to be able to tell you the exact dollar amount of a patron’s bill just by the angle of their shoulders.

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