THE TRADABLES: a short story

by Kat Chamberlain

Tababi the Entrancing Supplier has seen it all. Enterers need stuff to take with them, and for those newly arrived, stuff to make do until they Enter again. The shop has been Tatabi's entire young life, and he follows strict business codes to keep it going, for his father if not for himself. Things have been humming along just fine, until an unusual customer comes in for a trade.

Kat Chamberlain's mysterious short tale posts an intriguing question on one of the oldest human If we don't know where we'd end up, would we still wish to travel?

14 pages, Kindle Edition

First published June 16, 2014