Geraniums on the Windowsill
The geraniums bloomed anyway, which was either mercy or insult.
Author
Elena Marrow
Fiction Editor
The Letter Under the Blue Door
The envelope had waited under the loose floorboard for twenty-two years.
Candlelight in 1912
The room was paid through Thursday. The letter was not.
The Clock Tower Telegram
The message was brief: do not let the bells sleep.
Letters Never Sent
Every envelope had a stamp. None had the courage.
Commas at Midnight
By dawn, the comma had saved one life and ruined another.
The Cactus Bloom Promise
The desert kept better time than the train.
Captain Lark's Last Order
The paper was dry. His hand was not.
The Invisible Audience
The curtain call lasted twenty years.