“You will be featured on tomorrow’s front page,” the reporter says, switching on his tape recorder, “so you understand the national significance of this interview…”

“I do.”

“Ready?”

“Yes.”

“As a resident, do you support the beach’s privatization?”

“Nope.”

The reporter switches off the recorder.

“An opening quote!” he grins.

Kate Burnham is a pastry chef and writer who can type eighty words a minute. She lives in Toronto, Ontario, with her cat and too many things. She finds people fascinating and longs for library books, but knows she’ll never return them on time.