Metamorphtok A 21st century metamorphosis
WRITTEN BY JENNAH PENDLETON
ILLUSTRATED BY MORIAH ARNOLD
“Oh yes. Oh fuck yes,” Franny said upon waking up. She had just awoken from a stress dream to find that she had transformed into a strange creature overnight, with dozens of little legs and a smooth, hard back. The bone-deep existential terror she might have felt in response to this physical change was overshadowed by only one thing: her exhilarating relief that she did not have to go to work. “This is literally the best excuse of all time,” she thought.
DESIGNER KATALENA SANCHEZ
“Who can expect anything of you when you don’t even have hands?” By this time in the morning, Franny would have just picked up her mobile order at Starbucks and boarded the blue line to get to the office by eight. Five days a week, fifty weeks out of the year, Franny spent hours at her desk managing a dozen brands’ social media accounts. Her roommates were aware that she was supposed to be downtown right now, attempting to conceive a way to get a bi-monthly organic dog food sub-
