Arcade

Insert coin. Lose child.Skegwell-on-Sea is dying. The pier is rotting, the season is over, and the only thing still glowing on the boardwalk is Funland Amusements: a neon-soaked arcade that hasn't changed since 1979.In its back corner squats the Grab-A-Lot 3000, a claw machine nobody has ever won. Its prizes sit heaped behind the glass: a teddy with a red patch, a Spider-Man yo-yo, a single pink j...