THE SHIFT (excerpt) by Margaret E. Douglas

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ANOTHER SCENE Steve is looking at his clipboard. Everyone who is moving carries a lil bedroll and their meager belongings. STEVE Alrighty. Jess and Jeff you take the common room. Aaron and Erin, you take the Women’s Bunkroom. Steph, you’re with me. Remember to be respectful. Remember the consent workshop, also remember that pleasure is important. Remember to aim: anal sex will not result in pregnancy. Also remember that the fate of the country and quite possibly the whole human race depends on you. JESS Yeah, about that STEVE What? ERIN If we have children in here, they may never see the sun. STEPH Are you just thinking about that? ERIN I didn’t think it would come to this. I just--wanted a job where I had time off for my humanitarian efforts. AARON I just wanted a job with benefits. I needed new glasses. I needed a root canal. You don’t know what it’s like...to be a historian. An adjunct professor. I didn’t think there’d really be a nuclear disaster. JEFF It could have been a natural disaster. ERIN It could have been a pandemic. JEFF I wonder what my parents were doing. Watching TV, probably. JESS Doing it maybe. JEFF I hope they were doing it. I hope they were drinking some red wine and just...doing it. I hope it happened fast.


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