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"There's two kinds of work in the world." Fran's roommate was a communist. "First, there's work-that-stays." She was also a writer. "Then, there's work-that-goes-away." The jackal didn't write, herself, but she'd asked about what made her roommate...

Alien, Alternate Society, Anarchism, Anarcho-socialism, Anarchosocialism, Avian, Barter, Bird, Bug, Character Development, Cockroach, Communism, Cyborg, Electricity, Female, Friendship, Immortality, Insect, Jackal, Knitting, Mammal, Mantis, Mother, Multi-furry, Multifurry, Multitasking, No-Yiff, Noir, Novel, Plant, Plot Development, Political, Postfurry, Resurrection, Roach, SFW, Sci-Fi, Science-fiction, Smoking, Space, Story Arc, Story Progression, Story Series, Teleportation, Transhumanism, anarchy, antennae, mental health, multi, multifur, smoke, space opera, spaceship, swearing, trading, trenchcoat, wood carving

By A Thousand Cuts

"People get them without thinking." Fran and her roommate were watching her pets chasing each other around their living room. "They get them for their kids." "That's the thing!" she concurred. "They think of animals as lesser lifeforms than people for...

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Crosswinds

'Housewives should make $115,000 a year.' \*\*\* "'But there are no pixies!' the housewife protested. 'There's no such thing as pixies!'" Fran's mom had told her this story more times than she could remember when she'd been a child. "'It was...

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Conveyor Belt

"See Fran, you put the laundry in first, then you do the dishes while it's in the wash. It's more efficient that way!" \*\*\* "So you also use them to knit." Jackie had looked for the quantum translocator all over the Renegade ship, double-checking...

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Spare Parts

"Waste not, want not." [FLICK!] "[-'told me to be careful so the people who take the recycling out of the bags don't cut their hands on them,' the actress on the talk show had said, 'and it just hit me right then - how many of us even think of the...

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Set In Stone

* * * * * * "What does she do, exactly?" Fran's best friend's story had been about a serial killer. "She never even touches them," the jackal's best friend had started. "She just talks to them. She learns everything about their lives, their...

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And I Must Scream

"You go to hell for the company, and to heaven for the peace and quiet." "Sometimes it's more gradual than people talk about," Fran's roommate had tried to explain. "Like, on TV you'll see oh, this person's reacting to this specific crisis, she's...

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Autopilot

'If work is so good for you, why don't the rich do more of it?' "Who said that?" "Some famous wolf writer I think," Fran's best friend had replied. "The same one who wrote AWOO." "I think that's AROO in fact," the jackal's roommate had chimed...

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The Hand You're Dealt

"Forgetting someone is killing them twice." Fran had kept having a harder and harder time dealing with her best friend's coma alone, while her roommate had kept having a harder and harder time dealing with living in a graveyard full of dead...

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The Hand That Feeds You

"Darling when the morning comes And I see the morning sun I wanna be the one with you..." (Grover Washington Jr, Just The Two Of Us) "Do you think..." It'd been hard for them to talk about, but they hadn't had anyone else to talk to. "Do you...

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The Spirit of the Law

"We are spirits in a material world." (The Police, Ghost In The Machine) "She was hooked up to one of those machines, you know?" Fran had nodded. "Hardest thing I ever had to do," her best friend had shaken her head. "Well, they're battle...

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Dead To Me

"Got a little soul The world is a cold, cold place to be Want a little warmth But who's going to save a little warmth for me...?" (Vampire Weekend, Unbelievers) "Hey, Fran...?" Fran's best friend's voice had sounded shaky on the other end of the...

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