"On break, he spoke to us through the order box. The sun warming our necks, we tossed French fries to seagulls and smelled the electric static on his breath."

Will Musgrove is a writer and journalist from Northwest Iowa. He received an MFA from Minnesota State University, Mankato. His work has appeared or is forthcoming in TIMBER, The McNeese Review, Oyez Review, Tampa Review, Vestal Review, and elsewhere. Connect on Twitter at @Will_Musgrove or at williammusgrove.com.

THE FAST-FOOD REBELLION and THE LARPER by Will Musgrove were originally published on the X-R-A-Y website: https://xraylitmag.com/the-fast-food-rebellion-and-the-larper-by-will-musgrove/fiction/

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