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"Job Placement"
by
Jim Butcher
urban fantasy in a PDF edition that was published by the author on May 5, 2020 and has 4 pages.
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Other books by this author which I have reviewed include Mean Streets, Changes, Side Jobs, Ghost Story, Dark and Stormy Knights, Aftertaste, Hex Appeal, Welcome to the Jungle, Dangerous Women, Storm Front, Grave Peril, Summer Knight, Fool Moon, Cold Days, Skin Game, Blood Rites, Death Masks, Proven Guilty, White Night, Small Favor, Shadowed Souls, Peace Talks, Heroic Hearts, "Christmas Eve", “The Good People”, Battle Ground, "The Law", “Everything the Light Touches”
A free bit of microfiction, 15.2 in The Dresden Files urban fantasy series revolving around a Bigfoot and his girlfriend.
If you’re interested, there is a chronological listing of the The Dresden Files books on my website.
My Take
This was so sweet. A couple of college students from different cultures with family issues.
Butcher manages quite a bit of information in such a short story, using first person protagonist point-of-view from Irwin’s perspective. Particularly how much Irwin and Connie love each other, lol.
They do support and understand each other.
“Job Placement” touches on issues within the preternatural world, but it’s not an info dump. Rather it’s skillfully inserted conversation about Connie’s and Irwin’s hopes, dreams, and the obstacles that face them.
I wonder if these two will encounter Harry in the Windy City.
The Story
Connie’s got a job! And it’ll be near Irwin’s mom . . . and Lara, the Queen of the White Court. Well, it’s better than being around her dad.
The best part? She’s finagled a job offer with plenty of perks for Irwin as well.
The Characters
Irwin Pounder appears to be majoring in English; his dad is a Bigfoot. Connie Barrowillis is a vampire of the White Court. Both are students at the University of Oklahoma in Norman.
St. Mark’s Academy for the Gifted and Talented is run by the Venatori Umbrorum. Dr Fabio works there.
Lara Raith is the Queen of the White Court of vampires. The Unseelie Accords are similar to the Geneva Conventions in that it governs behavior between its signatories, who are the major powers of the magical world.
The Title
The title is the point. “Job Placement” for both students.
