I see her. She sits at the kitchen table, the laptop is open and her hand is on the mouse, but she is looking out the window. She looks bored. Her eyes follow the movements of her four-year-old daughter. She looks back at the laptop. She clicks to refresh the screen. No new emails. She … Continue reading Watching the Clock
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My Oasis
In which a frustrated, unhappily married woman focuses in on a single moment in time as an escape from reality. 856 Words
Statue (flash fiction)
Amelia stood on the edge of the tour group cluster and dutifully stared at the statue. She didn't belong with these people. The only person close to her age was the guide and she suspected she made him uncomfortable. His engineered expressions that elicited laughter from his usual audience of octogenarians evoked only sighs from Amelia. She … Continue reading Statue (flash fiction)