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Worried about being turned against her will after the Hive steals her eggs, Carol finds a way to undo the joining for Zosia with Manousos’s help.
What she doesn’t know is that the real Zosia had already killed before and was serving a life sentence in a prison in Morocco.
Now facing withdrawal from the happiness hormones released by the virus and the trauma of a long history of abuse, Zosia will need Carol’s help to be saved once again.
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24 Jan 2026
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Carol had always felt unsure about having a child. Some equally messed-up offspring? No way. It’s what Helen wants, she used to tell herself. Maybe. Someday. In the future. She repeated it like a mantra whenever the topic came up, wearing a glazed-over, reassuring smile. It took a global hive-mind virus, and losing the love of her life, for her to realize that now, it had to be now. With Zosia. Only Zosia.
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24 Jan 2026
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Manousous tunes the portable radio to 8.6130 KHz. He beckons Carol into the cage and seals the door. It does nothing for a little while. Carol feels the weight of impending failure ripening in her stomach. Then a fizzle. The four beats turn to static, and the radio cuts out intermittently. Carol cheers, whooping excitedly. Manousous startles, and Carol riles him up.
“This – oh my god, we did it!”
Manousous doesn’t understand her words. But he does understand her emotions. He feels them, himself. He grins, whooping simultaneously.
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Deplurbed Zosia, because it's all my brain can think of recently, apparently. This is a write of what I think the process and aftermath would be. This will probably immediately become non canon-compliant the second s2 comes out, but we've got two years until then.
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23 Jan 2026
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“Ms Sturka, as a company we are very excited about your upcoming book tour and the opportunity to expand promotion of your latest release in the UK and Europe.”
She didn’t bother to nod, just staring back blankly at him.
“However, we’d really prefer to make this experience more…smooth sailing?”
Carol snorted. “I think for such stormy weather, the fact that we’ve not capsized should be celebration enough.”
He raised an arrogant eyebrow.
“We’d rather disagree with your assessment, Ms Sturka. After the… disaster that was your US book tour, we’ve decided the best course of action would be a change of management perhaps?”
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Novelist Carol Sturka is still grieving the loss of her beloved wife when the management at her publishing house force her to work with a new manager on her Europe/UK book tour after the disaster that was her US tour.
Shenanigans ensue.
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23 Jan 2026
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Carol Sturka, a novelist and English professor, struggles with grief and isolation after the death of her wife. Upon her return to work, Carol discovers she is now forced to share her classroom with Zosia Rybak, an ESL instructor. Initially resentful, Carol learns that Zosia admires her writing and specifically requested to work with her. Time heals, and even though Carol's wounds are deep, she learns that there's something still left for her to pursue.
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22 Jan 2026