About this episode
The episode explores the duality of a laundry-mat and its owner, Mr. Lee, through a narrative of chance and identity.
LA NDRY or L UNDRY. Those were the two choices. You never knew which one you were gonna get. The letters took turns to be fickle, blinking and spluttering in a game of chance. Mr. Lee, the laundry-mat owner, was stingy with the upkeep. He let his storefront waver, caught between two versions of itself. […] The post Permanent Press appeared first on Uncanny Magazine .
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Topics covered
- laundry
- chance
- identity
- upkeep
- storefront
Keywords
- laundry-mat
- Mr. Lee
- fickle letters
- storefront
- identity
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