Clam Down by Anelise Chen Faire rare havens for field agents

rare havens for field agents and case officers amidst the dangerous milieu of a city in the grips of the Cold War

a city beneath the city

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the connections between real life and art – and the workings of one of our greatest imaginations

inspired by the world of the BRZRKR comic books

Clam Down by Anelise Chen Faire rare havens for field agentsWe've all heard the story about waking up as a cockroach but what if a crisis turned you into a clam? After the dissolution of her marriage, a writer is transformed into a "clam" via typo after her mother keeps texting her to "clam down." The funny if unhelpful command forces her to ask what it means to "clam down" to retreat, hide, close up, and stay silent. Idiomatically, we are said to "clam up" when we can't speak, and to "come out of our shell"