Lockout

By Kit Walker

Alone in a new city, far from friends and family, Jackie's only real human contact is her neighbor: Connor, a troubled young man with six figures' worth of military hardware grafted onto his body. As Jackie and Connor bond over their efforts to jailbreak Connor's mechanical arm, Jackie discovers her old life isn't quite done with her yet.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Kit Walker
• Release date: Jul 25, 2023
• ISBN: 9798215203507

Kit Walker

Kit Walker is a genderqueer writer of horror, crime fiction, and dark sci-fi/fantasy. Born and raised in Canada, they’ve recently been shipped overseas to Newcastle upon Tyne in England.

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This is a work of fiction. Names, characters, businesses, places, events and incidents are either the products of the author’s imagination or used in a fictitious manner. Any resemblance to actual persons, living or dead, or actual events is purely coincidental.

Lockout

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Lockout

Kit Walker

When Jackie first met her next-door neighbor, she had no inkling whatsoever that there was six figures’ worth of military hardware grafted onto his body.

The man who answered her knock at the door of the neighboring apartment was somewhere in his early 20s, with the permanent five ‘o’ clock shadow of someone who only shaved with an electric razor. It was early autumn, not even cold, but he wore a hoodie and kept both hands tucked into its front pocket.

Jackie did her best to look friendly (a redundant effort, as she usually came across as the least threatening person alive). Hi, I’m Jackie. I live next door.

Hi. The neighbor looked pleasantly surprised, as if he’d opened the door