winter – Kerry e McKenna

flash fiction, Mindset, short story, Story, Uncategorized, Writing

The Day Off: 4am

January 30, 2018 kerryemckenna

The Day Off 4am: The smell of burnt toast awakens me. Is Matt drunk-cooking again? Is that a fan I hear down there, still faintly going? Will it be nasty-cold in the kitchen? I make a move to check. First, warm pants. Yesterday’s double black stretchies will do, underwear still in, just as I had… Continue reading The Day Off: 4am

The Food Bank at Christmastime

December 23, 2017December 23, 2017 kerryemckenna

She says, “Open your bag,” and plunders the grapefruit box. Six or seven grapefruit go right on top the banana. Another line of cans. “No thank you, no thank you, no thank you,” I say to the diced tomatoes, wheat pasta and khaki frosted cupcakes. “No sweets?”