Toasted Cake 17: A is for Authority & B is for Bureaucracy, by Luc Reid

Luc Reid grew up in northern Vermont on the shores of Lake Champlain, not far from where he now lives with his family. He is a Writers of the Future winner, a former radio commentator, an amateur musician, a systems analyst, and the founder of the Codex online writing group. His stories and articles have appeared in venues like Abyss & Apex, Clarkesworld, and The Writer. His first book was Talk the Talk: The Slang of 65 American Subcultures, followed by The Writing Engine: A Practical Guide to Writing Motivation, Bam! 172 Hellaciously Quick Stories, and the novel Family Skulls. He holds a black belt in Taekwondo Chung Do Kwan, and he blogs about writing and the psychology of habits at lucreid.com.