Of Monsters and Mainframes

by Barbara Truelove

There is a 99.97 percent statistical probability that I am the only Nos-C71897 Demeter with a morgue this size. That makes me proud. Not of what happened, obviously.

Then, in a reckless move, I assign Steward the white pieces. Show me how extensive that database is. Demeter. Steward sounds amazed. Are you . . . shit-talking me?