Sep 29, 2026 · 25 min · 11 segments
The crows request Mark's assistance in building a prototype. Lyudmila has new about her grandfather. \*\** THE CROWS MADE ME DO IT is a serial audio fiction work by Sean McGinty Two Seasons, 16…
A crow tapped their reply.
Human, get to work.
Okay, I said, but that's just it.
That's my boundary.
You don't get to tell me what to do.
Get to work, human.
And what do you mean, get to work? You mean at my job? Yes.
They looked at me, and I looked back at them.
Well, yeah, I said.
I was going to do that anyway, but not because you told me to.
I'm doing it because I want to do it.
The crow hopped away from the keyboard to join the others at the edge of my desk.
They stood there, watching me.
I thought about grabbing a broom and pillow, sword and shield, but there were a dozen of them now.
It would be a battle.
I sat at my desk and logged into my computer.
I checked messages and emailed and got to work on a misconfiguration that had been flagged.
Meanwhile, the crows gathered on my couch, just outside my peripheral vision, silent and watching.
A crow tapped their reply.
Human, get to work.
Okay, I said, but that's just it.
That's my boundary.
You don't get to tell me what to do.
Get to work, human.
And what do you mean, get to work? You mean at my job? Yes.
They looked at me, and I looked back at them.
Well, yeah, I said.
I was going to do that anyway, but not because you told me to.
I'm doing it because I want to do it.
The crow hopped away from the keyboard to join the others at the edge of my desk.
They stood there, watching me.
I thought about grabbing a broom and pillow, sword and shield, but there were a dozen of them now.
It would be a battle.
I sat at my desk and logged into my computer.
I checked messages and emailed and got to work on a misconfiguration that had been flagged.
Meanwhile, the crows gathered on my couch, just outside my peripheral vision, silent and watching.
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