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    An Unexpected Stay In Highbridge Town
    An Unexpected Stay In Highbridge Town
    An Unexpected Stay In Highbridge Town
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    An Unexpected Stay In Highbridge Town

    By M. Arbon

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    A short story about probability, friendship, magic, sex, and tea.

    Dian wandered over to Ros's caravan to see what he was up to, which turned out to be darning one of the fighting girls' long red stockings with yellow yarn.
    She asked, "Does it feel to you as though something...odd is going on?"
    Ros snipped the yarn and turned the stocking right-side out. "I assume you're referring to the fact that everyone in this camp has gone out of their ever-loving minds?"

    -It's literally a travelling circus
    -Is something weird happening?
    -Magic made them do it
    -Something weird is definitely happening

    This 5,000-word story was previously published in Shousetsu Bang Bang.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherM. Arbon
    Release dateSep 13, 2020
    ISBN9781989089125
    An Unexpected Stay In Highbridge Town
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    M. Arbon

    M. Arbon writes stories, mostly queer, often sexy, about people who try hard not to be jerks. M. lives and works in Toronto, Canada. M.'s stories have appeared in the anthologies His Seed and Best Gay Stories 2017, as well as being published as stand-alone volumes.

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      An Unexpected Stay In Highbridge Town - M. Arbon

      An Unexpected Stay in Highbridge Town

      M. Arbon

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      An Unexpected Stay in Highbridge Town

      The rain was a light, steady whisper on the roof of the caravan. Beyond that, the camp had settled into its night-time quiet, punctuated by whuffs from the horse tent, and the occasional bang of a latrine door. Even the habitual carousers had settled down; Highbridge Town to Fairgreen would be a long day's journey over demanding roads, and while Crake didn't care one way or the other about anyone starting work in the morning with a sore head, his tolerance for mistakes as a result of one went as far as a frayed thread was wide.

      Dian turned the third volume of Tarrygone's Histories of the Hundred Islands face-down on the table, linked her chilled fingers together, and stretched towards the patter above her. Her candle was down to the length of her thumb, and she knew she'd sleep if she turned in; on the other hand, there was still chamomile tea in the pot...

      A familiar tap on the door made her decision for her. She rose and went to let Ros in.

      The rain's picking up, he said, pushing the hood of his cloak away from his narrow face. She hung the cloak from a nail above the door to drip on the mat while he toed off his muddy boots. She took the green-glazed cup from its shelf and brought it to the

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