Best of Luck

by Jason Mott

When he looks back on his life, he sees that every day has been nothing but work.

It was earthy and horrible . . . and it was the smell of rot. Of something living and dying at the same time.

“Did you know that cancer patients are told to name their tumor?” “What?” “Yeah,” Will said. “They name their tumor. I learned that with Hayden. I think the idea is that it makes it less scary. You can make it less scary if you think of this horrible thing as just a person that you’re trying to send away, instead of thinking of it as death itself living inside your body.