For Lack of a Bed was nominated for Locus and Nebula awards in 2022. Wiswell brings his own acquaintance with chronic pain to the story. And it's very inventive and fun--the world is familiar in that we have people struggling to make it, just barely getting by on their clerk jobs. Our protagonist is scraping by on what she makes from a pet shop job, and can't afford basics like a bed to allow her to manage her pain better. The clerk jobs are in a more fantastic place with pets from hell (hellhounds). She gets an offer of a sofa from a friend, which is really comfy, but the sofa isn't a sofa and it's hungry. Had a good time reading this one.
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