A woman in a red sweater stopped in the middle of the sidewalk and started to cry. One second, she was like everyone else, carefully expressionless and plugged in to her headphones, then she burst into noisy tears. People didn’t do that. Michael’s steps faltered. He wanted to […]
flash fiction
She ran the razor over her scalp, feeling lighter and lighter as snakes plopped to the floor. They’d grow back. She’d done this before. She pulled on a stocking cap and a pair of dark sunglasses and went out for coffee. She flirted with the boy who […]