{"id":3925,"date":"2022-06-09T10:16:26","date_gmt":"2022-06-09T08:16:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/nanopausa.com\/?p=3925"},"modified":"2022-06-09T10:16:27","modified_gmt":"2022-06-09T08:16:27","slug":"how-a-nuclear-accident-can-melt-a-mixtape-in-verona-in-1986","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nanopausa.com\/en\/how-a-nuclear-accident-can-melt-a-mixtape-in-verona-in-1986\/","title":{"rendered":"How a Nuclear Accident Can Melt a Mixtape in Verona in 1986"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>I wrote this piece a few months ago, a play on acronyms and 1980s pop culture. It&#8217;s one of those occasions when I had great fun writing a story and hopefully it shows. Delighted that<strong> Bending Genres<\/strong> accepted it for publication in their 27th issue, out in June 2022. Here is how it begins.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>M<\/strong>arco is the coolest boy in school. He wears a bomber jacket he bought on holiday in Los Angeles, and his hair is as shiny as Michael J. 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