“Flying Rat” by Dan Leinir Turthra Jensen

A council officer pigeon gets a visit from an old friend, and discovers that there is more to life than that career you got forced into.  Today’s story is “Flying Rat” by Dan Leinir Turthra Jensen, or just leinir, who can usually be found relaxing in the English Midlands, where they split their time between cooking usually delicious food, writing various bits of social realism and science fiction, or creating free and open source software in the KDE project. Sometimes all three happen at the same time, and they tell me that sci fi epic they’ve been working on the last most of a decade is getting closer to wrapping up. While waiting for that to land, if you would like more after this one, you can find more of their stories in the anthologies found on their GoodReads profile. Read for you by Khaki, your faithful fireside companion.