Collar

by Leo Vladimirsky

Tom is a navvie, a guide that helps workers find jobs on the factory ships that now dot the American coastline. He swims his clients through six miles of corrupt Labor patrol boats, overzealous patriots, and rough waters off the Rockaways in New York City. Last week, after five years of being in business, he finally ran into some trouble. Tonight is the night he can get out of it...

This story was first published in The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction (March/April 2014.)

19 pages, Kindle Edition

First published January 16, 2015

Reviews

[5 pound poi · Rating 4 out of 5]

An interesting premise, believable world building and fun, fluid writing left me longing for more of this short story.