[ID: The weathered top half of the first page of a statement, with elements like address and phone number redacted, and a ‘file copy’ stamp obscuring additional information.

Transcript: “My name is Eric Connors, and I was married to my wife for 46 years. There were many details to sort out following Mary’s passing, but the most pressing by far was the mountain of debt we’d accrued for her treatments. We had once built up a nice nest egg over the years in hopes of a pleasant retirement, however, with the aggressive nature of her illness, we blew through our savings within two years. I then maxed out credit cards, took out loans, and remortgaged our house before Mary’s health took its final turn. I barely had any time to grieve at all before life demanded I stride on and get back to business. I still had the shop to run, but thrifting isn’t exactly a Fortune 500 business, and I doubted it would bring in enough to pay down these debts, even if I ran it for two lifetimes. I made what payments I could when I could make them, but the calls from the bill collectors became so frequent that I eventually stopped answering my phone all together.”]

Leedzie is a prolific writer with work appearing in several zines. Though best known for her analyses and humor articles, she has also done extensive work in the Sonic the Hedgehog fandom. Leedzie was drawn to the Magnus Archives for its eerie mood and unique presentation, and couldn’t wait to take a crack at it herself. Find more of her work, visit https://leedzie.wordpress.com/