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Epilogues: February 2025

The world is a bewildering place for small mammals like you, me, and Colonel Peabody. People shout. Mercy gets lost in a pile of old papers. Boar’s Head announces that liverwurst “won’t be available for purchase or consumption, ever again.” (Peabody would have been OK if it were available for purchase but not consumption. Peabody […]

After the ashes

When you are in a hopeless situation, every day is Ash Wednesday. You don’t need a smudge on your forehead. You wear grief like a tattoo. You don’t need someone to say, “Remember that you are dust, and to dust you shall return.” You remember all too well. But when you are a Tabby’s Place […]

Genuine Ruby

The year is 2025, and humans have learned how to make many things. We have invented an entity called “cheese product.” We have taught our smart speakers to tell us the dewpoint, the average weight of a wombat, and Willie Nelson’s birthday. We can even manufacture diamonds in a laboratory and convince each other they […]