I don't know what's real. I don't know what's not real.

Limited Capacity is a collection of six darkly amusing stories about the mysterious ways we interact with the internet and with each other.

There's something going on with him. It's like an act.

I don't trust him. What?

You're staring at me like I should say something, but I don't really know what to do here.

That's the whole name of the game. Don't talk about how the town isn't real. You understand?

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You're listening to a loan, a love story. I'm Michelle Parisi.

Chapter 21. Courage.

The Bad One.

The first time I break up with the man with the white shirt is on his 38th birthday.

Halloween 2013. The very same week as my own birthday and the tarot card reader and

Luri dying and the divorce coming through. What a fucking week.

I tell the man with the white shirt it's over. I'm upset he's spending the next night with another

woman, the rockabilly redhead. I gave you tonight. He says, I chose to spend my actual birthday

with you and see her tomorrow. Like he's awarded me the highest honor.

I'm repulsed by him for a moment. This ranking, this sharing of himself, what a great guy.

This doesn't work for me, I say. This is over between us.

I wait until 1 a.m. to do all this shouting after we've had sex. Happy birthday.

The next night, the vampire version of me crawls out of her apartment and onto the streets.

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