Out of the Loop
by Jo Harper
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6–9 minutes
Chapter 2 BORDERLINE PERSONALITIES
Read more: Chapter 2 BORDERLINE PERSONALITIESThe Man went to the border several times. Later he would tell himself he went because History was happening. Which was true. History was happening. “History is happening,” he said to O one day. “Can I borrow the car for the day?” The Editor okays…
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18–27 minutes
Chapter 1 YOU’LL NEVER WALK ALONE
Read more: Chapter 1 YOU’LL NEVER WALK ALONEHe wakes into a kind of edgeless pressure. It was just a bad dream, he tells himself. Another failed media job. This time in London. Three days. A new record. He reaches for the phone while the dream still sits close to the skin, or…
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1–2 minutes
ROOM WITHOUT A VIEW
Read more: ROOM WITHOUT A VIEWThere is a room with no door. A child is in it. He doesn’t pace, nor does he scream. He stands perfectly still, hands lifted slightly in front of him, palms open, as if expecting to collide with something yet to exist. The room has…
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15–22 minutes
BEFORE WE BEGIN
Read more: BEFORE WE BEGINMothers covered children’s eyes. An old woman crossed herself as she crossed the road to avoid him. Ordinary tasks became inexplicably difficult. Talking for one. Even buying cigarettes now involved complexity. “Card or cash?” asked the girl in Żabka. The insect froze. Where voice once…