A gun-for-hire is haunted by Joey, her first intended victim. There’s just one problem: she didn’t actually kill him.

Joey
by Tina O'Rourke | Oct 12, 2026 | Fabulist Fiction, Stories, Work in Progress

A gun-for-hire is haunted by Joey, her first intended victim. There’s just one problem: she didn’t actually kill him.

471 words 1 min 53 sec reading time I remember the first time my Gran mentioned them, the Memory Men. She mumbled the exact words over and over again - the Memory Men sing, the Memory Men play, the Memory Men stay. They only come at night, she whispered in my ear so...