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Berit Ellingsen is the author of three linked novels with a climate change theme, named The Empty City, Not Dark Yet, and Now We Can See The Moon. She has also written two collections of dark fairy tales, called Beneath The Liquid Skin and Vessel & Solsvart. Her short work has appeared in W.W. Norton’s Flash Fiction International, SmokeLong Quarterly, Litro, and other places, and been nominated for the Pushcart Prize, Best of the Net, and the British Science Fiction Award. Berit resides in Norway and is a member of the Norwegian Author’s Union. Some of her short fiction can be accessed here.


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5 Oct 2026

In time, the entire shift’s 138 Express inbound transfers are processed, and I’m free to service passengers from other lines. These transfers are unremarkable. These passengers aren’t refugees.
Forgive me, someone.
Turn on the stove. See it startle.
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