Aisle Nine: Chapters 20—25

by Ian X. Cho
The apocalypse is coming for Here For You discount mart, and Jasper, the teenage checkout clerk with no family and no memories, must join up with his crush, Kyle, to figure out the truth behind the mysterious portal in aisle nine before all hell breaks loose.

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  1. conspicuous
    obvious to the eye or mind
    Eventually, I realize I’m too conspicuous on the ladder, so I reach into my box and turn on the flashlight, then head down into the fray.
  2. herald
    a sign indicating the approach of something or someone
    The crowd is starting to seem like a Where’s Waldo? book but instead of Waldo, I’m looking, you know, for heralds of doom.
  3. melee
    a noisy riotous fight
    We have to dart aside to avoid getting sucked into a melee.
  4. beeline
    the most direct route
    We make a beeline to the front.
  5. rendezvous
    meet at an appointed place
    I rush toward the back room, ready to rendezvous with Kyle in the mini VC office, but as I move beyond the checkouts, I spot Gully clenching a pool noodle, gritting his teeth.
  6. entity
    that which is perceived to have its own distinct existence
    “That young man became the host for an entity your kind would call . . . hopelessness,” says Shiner.
  7. stoop
    small porch or set of steps at the front entrance of a house
    Unearthing the marble causes a scene to play in my mind: I’m sitting on the stoop outside my folks’ apartment building and an orange cat is climbing onto my feet.
  8. profusely
    in very large amounts or quantities; extremely
    Pete is sweating profusely, and I sense that his power is going to fade soon.
  9. proboscis
    a long flexible snout as of an elephant
    It jabs her spine with a proboscis and immediately begins sucking her blood, turning its translucent body dark red.
  10. susceptible
    yielding readily to or capable of undergoing a process
    While Pete needed to touch humans to affect them, the demons seem more susceptible as they halt their charge and face the shelves.
  11. caftan
    a long loose dress or tunic
    The white tick grabs a red-sequin caftan and tries putting it on.
  12. grotesque
    distorted and unnatural in shape or size
    We gaze around to see demons now motionless on the spot, stunned by the shockwave, and lit only by the flickering emergency lights; their grotesque bodies might as well be melted, distorted mannequins.
Created on Tue Sep 23 07:18:32 EDT 2025 (updated Tue Dec 09 15:57:41 EST 2025)

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