Description

Jack works for the Censorship Bureau of the Incorporated States, scanning transgressive fics for clues to the identities of the authors. It's a shit job, and it's getting to him.

He finds himself unnaturally drawn in by transgressive a fic by UserNotFound26A6. He can't stop thinking about it and about the author he's nicknamed Oomf. He should just turn them in and be done with it, but his curiosity must be satisfied.

What he discovers at the used bookstore where the fic was posted will change him forever.

This 12,000-word dystopian short story is set in a not-too-distant future that is by turns bleak and oddly hopeful.

Content warnings: This story is meant for adult audiences and contains drinking, drug use, societal transphobia, and explicit, consensual sex scenes.