Please enjoy my microfiction, “Where My Friend’s Brother Died,” first published in 50-Word Stories
Townsfolk named it Suicide Hill, a dirt road heading into the setting sun. It intersected train tracks near the bottom, with no warning lights or crossbars.
My friend called it Memory Lane, and we rode our bikes in the midday, coasting toward make-shift crosses, feet off pedals, setting spirits free.
© C. Jean Downer
Many thanks to the editors at The Heron’s Nest for including my work in the current issue.Read all of the wonderful poets included: https://theheronsnest.com/March2023/index.html early
Marc Chagall, “Around Her,” 1945
I am honored to have poetry included in Hidden in Childhood, a groundbreaking anthology about the joys and pain of our early lives. A special
Many thanks to editor Ian Storr for including my haiku in issue #74. It is an honour, and I am thrilled for my work’s first