Henry Redmond Prize for English Narrative

By Jangwon Yoon Class of 2025

Editor’s Note: The Redmond Prize is awarded to the student who, in the judgment of the English Department, submits the most outstanding piece of original narrative written during the academic year.

“Thank You for Remembering”

It wasn’t supposed to be a big deal. Not many people actually go through with it. It’s too new, too permanent. The warnings are clear: residual bleeding, identity fragmentation, and the list goes on. The billboard outside his window pulsed anyway: YOU’RE MORE THAN YOUR STORY. LIQUIDATE NOW.

So he did.

Cluster 001. Ages 5–9. Harvested, rehomed.

Sixty-two grand. Enough to pay off the landlord, the hospital, the sharks, and still have some leftover for bottles of amber glass and velvet burn, the kind that didn’t pretend to love you back.

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