“So tell me about your line of work. What kind of pests do you get called for most?”

“Oh, you name it. Catcallers, thigh-touchers, bra strap snappers. We got it all. I even had a pest tell me I should smile more.”

“And did you?”

“…Yes. After he was exterminated.”

Hana S. Elysia is a graduate student of the Master of Arts in Liberal Arts & Sciences program at San Diego State University. Her short fiction has appeared in pacificREVIEW’s Atlantis and Other Lost Places, as well as The Horror Tree’s Trembling With Fear. She aspires to write a fantastical series someday that she can pair alongside her own artwork and create an immersive space where readers can find a second home.