NIGHT SHIFT AT THE HACK FACTORY

SHORT STORY
Handmade and printed on a thick linen paper that offers style and durability. That's right. Both.

SYNOPSIS:
AS ALWAYS, I REALLY THINK YOU'D BE HAPPIER IF YOU JUST READ THE STORY. I MEAN I GET IT, TIME IS PRESCIOUS, I GUESS, BUT LIKE, IS IT, REALLY? I DON'T THINK SO. I MEAN, AT SOME POINT IN YOUR LIFE THE WORLD JUST LEAVES YOU BEHIND ANYWAY. AND THE WORST PART, AT LEAST FROM WHAT I'VE SEEN, WHICH IS A LOT, IS THAT THEY SEEM TO DO THIS RIGHT AROUND WHEN YOU FINALLY GET A HOLD ON YOUR PLACE IN THE WORLD. AND I DON'T THINK I NEED TO TELL YOU HOW FUCKING HARD IT IS TO JUST GET THERE. AND WHAT DO YOU GET? TURNED INTO A MEME, PROBABLY.

ANYWAY. THIS ONE'S ABOUT...

A GUY NAMED JOHN DONNELLY. HE'S LIVING IN A SORT OF WORK RELEASE PROGRAM AFTER BEING IN PRISON FOR MURDER ( ! ) . HE WORKS AT A MUSEUM AND LIVES IN A LOCKED ROOM UNDERNEATH. EACH NIGHT HE'S PERMITTED TO LEAVE THIS ROOM, BUT ONLY TO DO HIS JOB, WHICH IS TO CLEAN THE MUSEUM UPSTAIRS.

JOHN DONNELLY BELIEVES IN A SAD AND RARE THING CALLED FORGIVENESS, IN SALVATION FOR THE SOUL. HE WORKS TO SUBMIT TO THE LITERATURE CONTEST HELD BY THE MUSEUM UPSTAIRS, BELIEVING THAT, WHEN HE'S RELEASED FROM THIS LOCKED ROOM, HE WILL HAVE THE THING HE NEEDS TO START A NEW LIFE. THAT THING IS PURPOSE. THROUGH WHICH, HE BELIEVES (NOT ME), THAT ALL THE LOVE AND BEAUTY OF THE WORLD CAN BE FOUND.

THE STORY ALSO FOLLOWS A BITTER YOUNG MAN AND THE GHOST OF THE MAN THAT JOHN DONNELLY KILLED BUT I'M NOT GOING TO TELL YOU ABOUT THAT ON THE FUCKING BACK COVER.