Enlightened (Autumn Royal)

Susan started smoking when she was sixty-three.  She was bored with crossword puzzles, vacuuming carpet, and yelling through the tiny holes of the telephone. While zapping her routine Thursday-night Lamb …

Drink Driving (Susan Austin)

Broken console, dusty dashboard. He pauses to belch before worming the key into the ignition. Outside the pub they stumbled into stained bucket-seat relief – escaped provocations, skins safe against …