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Darkness unbound

Chapter 1: Into the shadows deep Clouds were gathering above the city, bringing an early darkness above the crude constructs of concrete and steel. Like

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Weight, in Rooms

Today I weighed myself. It was at a gym- my gym, the one that takes my money. Also the gym where I can never work

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2 Years On Basic Income

An early draft of this piece was written in a hotel room from the sunny coastal town of Denia, Spain. The temperature was forty degrees

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