Overtime 68:
Lucifers

It's the late 1880s, and Jo works at a matchstick factory in London, where women are walking out to protest the terrible conditions. Jo struggles with her desire to join her friends and the responsibility of raising her kid sister alone.

Lauren O'Donoghue is a writer, game designer, and PhD researcher based in Yorkshire. Her short fiction has been featured in publications including Mslexia, Northern Gravy, Blood Orange Review, and Planet Scumm. She is a writer for a U.S.-based text game developer, a Curtis Brown Creative Breakthrough candidate, and a freelance arts workshop facilitator. When she isn't writing, you can usually find her in the woods, looking for birds.

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