The Trailing Edge

An excerpt from a chapter of my amazing autobiography that I have yet to write I have been reading a lot of Dystopian novels during this COVID-19 outbreak, so much so that I am now tired of the books. For those who don't know, Dystopia is a genre of sci-fi/fantasy where the world ends by some disaster --  a plague, zombies, alien invasion, or government run amok, and the world can only be saved by a teenage girl. Light reading indeed. The Hunger Games trilogy is the most popular series of this genre. Basically children killing children for material gain. It was made into a movie that did very well. The Divergent series looks to be the next most popular dystopian novels. I am tired of dystopia because the stories are the same. Just change the disaster and the name of the teenage girl as well. Worse, I have started to dream dystopia. Last night, I dreamt that the lady who sits next to me at work and I were chased all over the country by zomb...

Published by Vol-E elsewhere, a long time ago _______________________________________ I am reading a paperback book that I got on eBay. I got it for about a quarter, but the shipping was about 20 times that much. This book is barely holding itself together. Frankly, the condition is a disgrace. The front cover has the title cut off, the pages look water-stained, and from the appearance of the corners, I can only surmise that the paper was...chewed...by something. It's a good book, so I'll continue reading it, but will probably chuck it out when I'm done. It's embarrassing to even have it in my home where people can see it. And I'd sooner have my fingernails pulled out than even think about listing it for sale on eBay. Even for a penny, with free shipping. I guess it's a matter of pride. If someone bought this book from me, they'd take it out of the envelope and draw all manner of conclusions about me -- none of them...