Kevin Taylor

Born and raised in South Africa, Kevin Taylor came to the US at 29 to work at an amusement park for a summer and never left. He currently lives in Pennsylvania. He has a few self-published short stories on Amazon, and pieces upcoming in Gargoyle and Kōan.

Filling the Void

“We’ll be getting a new store manager soon.”
“We will?”
“Yep, it’s coming on”–Rusty swiveled his chair and peered at the calendar on the wall–“ten months. They ain’t ever here for more than a year.”
“Why’s that?”
“Beats me, Luke. Someone told me it’s so they don’t get too attached to us. The same reason farmers don’t give their hogs names. Just makes it more difficult when it comes time to…” Rusty drew a finger across his throat.