Fiction – LoFi-Aurora

When a Boy Loses His Dog

My mother tells me not to lose the dog. When I tell him Molly is lost, Edward hustles me along like older boys do, into the forest, past the park on the edge of our block. A summer morning sun lets loose oppressive humidity that edges my brow with sweat. We bounce up and overContinue reading “When a Boy Loses His Dog”

Follow Me Into The Forest

Maria keeps her birth control pills in a plastic bag under the third step of their porch, where some brush covers it for her. The spiral packages remain clean, while the plastic bag muddies after a week or two from torrents of rain and wind. Maria concocted this system soon after she and her wifeContinue reading “Follow Me Into The Forest”