THIS WEEK’S STORY
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Read the story: Thirteen for Halloween: Switchboard, 1954
Thirteen for Halloween: Switchboard, 1954
It was only Monday and not even lunchtime yet and Thelma Keener had connected a bomb-damage report to payroll, sent an imaginary ambulance to the machine shop, and listened to a shipping clerk announce three fictional dead men with enough relish that Mrs. Tipton at the message desk told him to try again without enjoying…
The Long Shelf
The Revenue Man
Eddie Pacheco’s identification proves there’s been a mistake. The tax agent sent to his apartment can see it, too. But Rowe Scientific’s automated system refuses to stop collection, and an ordinary sanitation worker must survive a machine determined to settle the account.