Structural Adjustment

Forthcoming in the November, 2022 issue of Locus Magazine.

If the bullies at the school-gate steal your kid’s lunch money every day, it doesn’t matter how much lunch money you give your kid, he’s not gonna get lunch. But how much lunch money you give your kid does matter — to the bullies. Hell, they might even start a campaign: “The children of Jack Valenti Elementary School are going…