Wednesday, January 21, 2026

Handprint

 

He had a vague idea, as everyone does, about the behind-the-scenes workings at his local post office.

It seemed a herculean, impossible and tedious task to go through literally thousands of pieces of mail every day, trying to read people’s handwriting or smudged labels, sorting everything, and distributing it all to the appropriate receptacles.

Elves? Maybe elves.

How the hell do you get elves? Traps?

He smiled to himself as he imagined tiny elves working away feverishly in the back room.

Collecting his packages from one of the parcel lockers, he never saw the small bloody handprint on the wall.



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