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Recall

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Open refrigerator glowing pink-white in a dark kitchen, door ajar, with food and cartons on lit shelves.
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You wake up sure today is Thursday.

Not guessing. The kind of sure you are about your own birthday.

Burnt popcorn suffocates the kitchen.

Your phone says Monday.

Still Monday.

You laugh once under your breath.

Yesterday: Wednesday. Groceries. The man in the blue jacket at the register. The receipt crumpling in your hand.

You open the fridge.

The milk expires tomorrow.

You reach into your pocket.

The receipt is still there.

You flatten it on the counter.

Monday.

The blue jacket is still vivid.

The face is already gone.

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Sean Michael Schaeller
Sean Michael Schaeller

Written by Sean Michael Schaeller⁠

Short fiction and horror. Solitude is the monster. Table for One is the cookbook. The rest is fiction. Mostly.