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Wrong Joke

Someone at the hospital asked me today why I still call this blog ‘Undeadwatch.’ They weren’t being snide; they were…
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Still Outside

For anyone wondering about the situation further out: Marple is still technically outside the ‘restricted’ zone. We can see the…
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Watching Doors

I’ve developed a new habit: I count the exits everywhere I go. I do it in the ward, in the…
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Public Record

I realized today that at some point, this blog stopped being a commentary on my life and started being a…
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False Stability

Everything in this town is still working. The lights are on, the water is running, and the internet—mostly—functions. That’s the…
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Careful Language

I heard a word today that I haven’t heard since this all began. I heard someone use the word ‘bite.’…
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Perimeter Fatigue

I took a drive toward the perimeter today, just to see. The people manning the edge—the ones in the uniforms—look…
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Standing In

Something happened today that I can’t shake off. A colleague called me Charlie. They corrected themselves almost instantly, but they…
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Archival Drift

Ernie again. I’ve noticed a trend in the older historical archives I’ve been digitizing. They always start out very factual—dates,…
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Silent Agreement

Management circulated a new policy document today, but the strange thing was that nobody acknowledged receiving it. Usually, there’s a…