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Tracey Shillito

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A single snowflake can start a huge avalanche

Submitted to Contest #219

They came for me while I was at work, three days after Elsie disappeared. Everyone knew why I was being removed, which was unusual because cancellations were normally shrouded in secrecy. They followed the standard procedure, two security robots from the Department of Conduct and Conformity, accompanied by a grey-suited man with a clipboard. The day after they took Elsie I had returned to a subdued atmosphere in the warehouse. It wasn’t related to my wife’s removal, though they’d all witnessed it, it was simply their reaction to the announce...

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