All Stories, General Fiction

The Ghost of Van Gogh by Dale Williams Barrigar

An Empty Family Cabin

I arrived after midnight. I found the key on the peg in the unused barn using the flashlight on my phone.

There was a blanket of stars so thick I stood in the barn door staring upward at the swirling white masses for a long time after I found the key. The shadows in the old, haunted barn had made me think of the birth of Christ story as I remembered all the departed members of my family.

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All Stories, General Fiction

Blueberry Fields Forever by Anuradha Prasad

There were some things that Aliyah learned to live with, Neha’s death was one of them. She hadn’t shared it – the dying – with anyone else. She led everyone to believe that her death had been instant and painless. Especially the parents. Some consolation in the tragedy.

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