<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8" standalone="yes"?><rss version="2.0" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/"><channel><title>790sHead on Gromet's Plaza Archive</title><link>/authors/790shead/</link><description>Recent content in 790sHead on Gromet's Plaza Archive</description><generator>Hugo</generator><language>en-us</language><lastBuildDate>Sat, 13 Sep 2025 00:00:00 +0000</lastBuildDate><atom:link href="/authors/790shead/index.xml" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><item><title>Wage Slave</title><link>/stories/2025/09/13/wage-slave/</link><pubDate>Sat, 13 Sep 2025 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate><guid>/stories/2025/09/13/wage-slave/</guid><description>&lt;p&gt;Tyler stomps through the puddles of the alley to the stairs of his loft apartment. The notification had come during the last few hours of work. An item delivered while he isn’t home. He grumbles while chewing on the beard under his lip. He has been waiting four months for it to arrive, and it couldn’t have come tomorrow when he did not have work. He skips over the largest puddle landing ankle deep in the pot hole that kept growing. A twenty minute downpour on his drive is just icing on the cake. Blind and slow, knowing that even if someone does not steal the box, it would be ruined by the rain.&lt;/p&gt;</description></item></channel></rss>