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We're about to close out January 2016, issue number 112.

The last piece is titled Old Paint, and is by Megan Lindholm.

Megan lives on a small farm in Roy Washington, where she shares a word processor with

Robin Hobb and raises chickens, geese, ducks, and other random animals.

Although she has not written a novel in a while, she continues to produce

a radically short fiction. Old paint is dedicated fondly to the memory of a

blue Chevy Celebrity Wagon that carried her and her kids to many an SF convention.

She still carried a small piece of blue dashboard plastic in her right knee

from a memorable collision. It survived.

You can find Megan at her website, Megan Lindholm.com.

So without further ado, sit back, relax, and let me tell you a story.

I was only nine when it happened, so I may not have the details absolutely right, but I know the heart of my story, and the heart is always what matters in a tale like mine.

My family didn't have much when I was growing up.

A lot of lean years happened in that first half of the century.

I don't

a piece of my mom did, but the 2030s weren't a piece of cake for anyone.

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