Global story catalogue

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A cook coordinates an after-hours food network and discovers that generosity needs boundaries, records and the right to say no.

Daniel Park

A cook coordinates an after-hours food network and discovers that generosity needs boundaries, records and the right to say no.

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A retired transit scheduler running a small bookshop remembers the city through journeys, and resents being treated as a source who cannot change her mind.

Evelyn Brooks

A retired transit scheduler running a small bookshop remembers the city through journeys, and resents being treated as a source who cannot change her mind.

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A patient bay field technician notices changes others dismiss, yet hesitates to speak before he can account for every uncertainty.

Jonah Price

A patient bay field technician notices changes others dismiss, yet hesitates to speak before he can account for every uncertainty.

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An audio archivist can hear a splice everyone else misses, but struggles to accept that a faithful recording can still tell an unfair story.

Leila Haddad

An audio archivist can hear a splice everyone else misses, but struggles to accept that a faithful recording can still tell an unfair story.

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A meticulous restoration carpenter tries to keep a shared workshop solvent without becoming the boss she never wanted.

Maya Chen

A meticulous restoration carpenter tries to keep a shared workshop solvent without becoming the boss she never wanted.

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A resourceful cargo-bike courier knows everyone’s back entrance but keeps postponing the conversation about his own future.

Rafael Ortega

A resourceful cargo-bike courier knows everyone’s back entrance but keeps postponing the conversation about his own future.

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A retired harbour electrician shares decades of practical judgement while insisting that being useful must not become a lifetime obligation.

Ruth Alvarez

A retired harbour electrician shares decades of practical judgement while insisting that being useful must not become a lifetime obligation.

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An inventive designer wants repair to be accessible, but her elegant systems can overlook the person who must maintain them tomorrow.

Tessa Okafor

An inventive designer wants repair to be accessible, but her elegant systems can overlook the person who must maintain them tomorrow.

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