by Howie Good
It’s the village where the kill switch was flicked and a malfunction occurred, where disaster originated, where a Socialist-realist mural of cunnilingus is brightly lit at night, where characters from cartoons and fairy tales (a farmer, a firefighter, a Soviet cosmonaut) have been abandoned. Everything else has been declared safe for visitors and included on the official tour.
Howie Good is the author of THE DEATH ROW SHUFFLE, forthcoming from Finishing Line Press.