#shortfiction

Does it ever happen to you that you read a piece of fiction, start to cry for some reason, and then the text tries to comfort you? "If it gets too painful, you can stop." https://www.lightspeedmagazine.com/fiction/meet-me-in-iram/ #sofiasamatar #shortfiction #meetmeiniram #iramofthepillars

"According to the initial report from the coroner, it was a roadkill elk and some uniforms left at the laundromat. Sure did leave them shook tho. Which snowplow did the thing with the stuff? They all have names." "We've narrowed it down to Viola, Blyleven, Puckett, Hrbeck, Gagne, Brunansky, Gaetti, Straker, Berenguer, Lombardozzi, Gladden, and Reardon." "You're kidding." "Of course. Who the hell would admit they saw it happen? Let alone name the truck that left grisly snowmen." #ShortFiction