Steph’s Reviews > Arcadia > Status Update

“Muffin’s mothers still run the natural-foods store in town, and they fall upon Bit when he comes in. He finds himself squashed in a middle-aged lesbian sandwich smelling of herbal cough drops and celery.”

I snorted

‘He reached for Grete’s e-reader, turns to the news for company. But there is a ‘viral epidemic in Indonesia’, the grave blond newscaster says, ‘a sudden airborne event.’ Bit turns it off.’

This section takes place post 2018. This feels like a covid prediction and so very weird.