“Rise and shine,” he said, as if I hadn’t almost just died, we hadn’t both almost died, been paralyzed by the pollen I’d been trained to avoid. Buzz didn’t answer; he set his hand a bit closer to mine on the seat. When I walked into his prison cell in the basement of the Dandelion, Buzz was in his bed. Author profile Ryan Cole Ryan Cole is a speculative fiction writer who lives in Virginia with his husband and snuggly pug child. Other Works Ryan Cole https://clarkesworldmagazine.com/author/ryan-cole/ From Enceladus, with Love by Ryan ColeRyan Cole https://clarkesworldmagazine.com/author/ryan-cole/ Waffles Are Only Goodbye for Now by Ryan Cole