“No man should bring children into the world who is unwilling to persevere to the end in their nature and education.”
― Plato

In perusing the interwebs I came across a nice list of ten online long(er)-form short stories. So I’ll test the patience and attention span of everyone in this best of all possible worlds and slide away from flash fiction for a while.
Anything Could Disappear by Danielle Evans
from Electric Lit