A Magic Act Near the End

J Dawson
3 min readApr 22, 2022

I told Cal the end of the world was coming. He nodded but didn’t take my words to heart. Like most catastrophes, it all began with good intentions. Some might even call fixing a marriage among the more noble endeavors.

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“We could start a collection together,” Cal told me one day. A response to me saying how it felt like we were growing apart. “After all, our magic act is what brought us together.”

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J Dawson

Writes literary fiction with a speculative bent. A parent of teens. Accidental house flipper. Friend of cats and dogs. Kindness matters. ND Bi (she/they)