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The Resident

by Carmen Maria Machado

Everyone makes mistakes in residency. But mine might kill someone. Dr. McKenna “Mac” Forbes is in the final stretch of her grueling medical training, juggling impossible hours, high-stakes decisions, and the ever-present pressure to prove she belongs. But when a brilliant new attending, Dr. Jonathan Shaw, arrives at Liberty Hill Hospital, everything starts to unravel. He's confident. Charismatic. Stunningly handsome. And far too perfect. Almost immediately, things go wrong. Mistakes appear in patient charts she swears she didn’t make. Medications are switched. Lab results vanish. Equipment disappears. And the mistakes—her mistakes—keep piling up. But Mac knows she didn’t cause them. At first

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