Mcpelandio -

On the diner’s napkin, he’d written: “The world doesn’t need more sense. It needs more curious noise. Keep humming.” And under that, his name again, just because it felt good to say out loud.

She blinked. “Your parents do that to you?” mcpelandio

mcpelandio.

“My parents started it,” he said, sliding onto a vinyl stool. “I finished it. Added the ‘mc’ for luck and the ‘io’ for music.” On the diner’s napkin, he’d written: “The world