Bay Colt

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“Clearance Aisle Libations” by Bay Colt

🏆 Winner of Contest #221

The worst part about being an amateur necromancer is that no one respects you, not even the dead. My older brother, Joseph, is practically crying over the phone, struggling to speak through great gasps of heaving, wheezing laughter. After way too many seconds of this, he finally manages to choke out, “Really? Goddamn—Mountain Dew?” Irritated, I switch the phone to my other ear, tipping my head awkwardly to pin it in place while I free up my hands for my shovel. “It was the only drink left on clearance.” Joseph makes a thin, stifled little...

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They/Ze. Religious Studies undergrad, aspiring librarian, published poet, obsessive academic, queer and unabashed. Come find me on Ao3 @spoondrifts. "I must obey the inscrutable exhortations of my soul." - Calvin & Hobbes

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