I haven't written enough short stories recently. This one could wind up as the beginning of a novel. Fortunately, by nature, Jordie Smithson was annoyingly early. He always allowed for disaster. A traffic jam on the way to the airport, for instance. On this Monday, the traffic jam was on the way to the office. …
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Comforts of the Distant Past
Nothing was a surprise, but everything was awful. A man gets a sinking feeling, knowing he's doomed, that he's making too much, and his age makes him cost too much, and the company gets to where it makes his life miserable for a while, hoping to run him off, and then it finally just lays …
Nightrider's Lament 