Maureen F. McHugh

Jan 17, 2024 | tor.com | Maureen F. McHugh |Katherine Lam |Ellen Datlow

An engineer who frequently travels for her job, suddenly finds herself in airports other than the one she arrived in…When she got off the plane, Amelia was thinking about her boyfriend, Jerome. They’d been arguing about the laundry. “If you want me to do the laundry, just tell me to do it!” Jerome had said. They’d been together for six years. During the pandemic they’d bought a townhouse in South Austin and were now in huge joint debt, plus Amelia’s student loan.