Loathe in the Time of Covid

"We were given an apocalyptic scenario in which all we had to do was stay home, watch Netflix, and wear a fucking mask, and we couldn't handle that. We are absolutely not ready for zombies or aliens, and any forthcoming apocalypse movie now needs to include people insisting that the disaster is a 'liberal hoax' while a zombie eats their faces."

HYT 777

โ€œGet in.โ€ Iโ€™m fourteen years old and my Catholic school uniform doesnโ€™t feel like a fantasy. Iโ€™m alone at the city bus stop near my house and thereโ€™s a chill in the air that has nothing to do with the weather. โ€œNo, thanks,โ€ I say, so polite despite the fear beating in my chest. โ€œMy bus is coming.โ€ โ€œGet in,โ€ he says again, leaning over to open the passenger door. His car is dirty with a stained beige interior, and I want nothing less than to sit in that car.