Tell Her by Rachel Kincaid »

After breaking up with his girlfriend a few months ago, a guy starts getting special messages on his ATM receipts. Some are prophetic, some plain gibberish and some just good advice. But will he take the advice if it means going up against months of frozen momentum?

I feel like I’ve seen the idea of people receiving special messages from an ATM or other ticketing machine before, but I can’t remember where. Maybe it’s just one of those ideas which are so nifty they instantly seem familiar, like a catchy pop song. Anyway, this is a moving story about the end and possible rebirth of a relationship, about how easy it is to let something slip away and how hard it can be to get it back.

(Strange Horizons