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Reduction in Force
In this short story, software engineer Jackie Rousseau loses her job to outsourcing, as do several others in her group. Their manager doesn't seem to care. Jackie manages to stay afloat financially but she sees the damage the reduction in force wreaks on her friends' lives. Art needs to support a family and an ill wife. Raymond seems to be coping and then goes off the deep end. Jackie, a gardener when she's not writing code, decides to deliver a dose of revenge.
This story was first published in THIN ICE by Level Best Books (2010). Jackie is a major character in SPEAKING OF MURDER by Tace Baker, Edith Maxwell's pen name (Barking Rain Press, September 2012).
This story was first published in THIN ICE by Level Best Books (2010). Jackie is a major character in SPEAKING OF MURDER by Tace Baker, Edith Maxwell's pen name (Barking Rain Press, September 2012).
14 pages, Kindle Edition
First published September 12, 2012
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Edith Maxwell
47 books582 followersEdith Maxwell is an Agatha-winning mystery author who writes the Local Foods Foods Mysteries as well as the historical Quaker Midwife Mysteries, featuring a Quaker midwife sleuth in 1888.
As Maddie Day, she writes the Country Store Mysteries set in southern Indiana, and the Cozy
Capers Book Group Mysteries.
Her short stories have appeared in twenty juried anthologies and magazines. She is active in Mystery Writers of America and Sisters in Crime.
Edith, a fourth-generation Californian, has two grown sons and lives in an antique house north of Boston with her beau, their energizer kitten, a small organic garden, and some impressive garden statuary. She worked as a software technical writer for almost two decades but now writes fiction full time.
As Maddie Day, she writes the Country Store Mysteries set in southern Indiana, and the Cozy
Capers Book Group Mysteries.
Her short stories have appeared in twenty juried anthologies and magazines. She is active in Mystery Writers of America and Sisters in Crime.
Edith, a fourth-generation Californian, has two grown sons and lives in an antique house north of Boston with her beau, their energizer kitten, a small organic garden, and some impressive garden statuary. She worked as a software technical writer for almost two decades but now writes fiction full time.
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April 20, 2017
As a retired software engineer, this story immediately caught my eye. Nice short and refreshing.
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