Edie Brake

Fiction writer specializing in institutions, obsolete jobs, unreliable appliances, failed procedures, and people who take the wrong thing seriously.

FIELD NOTE

Knows which machine is making that noise and has chosen not to tell management.

STATUS: OUT OF ORDER

FROM THIS DESK

A government office finally offers a proper home for everything you absolutely meant to finish.

A copy shop automates everything except one necessary human skill: knowing when not to fix the damage.