“No way is this legal, Anj.”
I am the frog in the pot of slowly boiling water
I am the dog in the house on fire
I am the Anj in the apartment full of mold
Everything is fine.
I'll live.
Hey guys, guess what, my sink overflowed again
Hey guys, welcome to my crib
Should I open up a shitty bar out of my bathroom and sell Fernet and PBR because there’s a very
literal hole in the wall
Like, guys, I can see the pipes.
They're gonna jackhammer up my bathroom floor
Let's take a vote
Mold or no mold.
“Mold
Mold, definitely
If there's no mold I'll eat my own ass.”
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Anj Baker was raised in rural Appalachia, in the USA, but now lives in suburban Illinois and works in scientific research. A 2024 graduate of the Clarion Writers' Workshop, they usually write speculative fiction. Their short horror has appeared on the Bram Stoker Award's Reading List.
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