Format: Short-Story
Publication: Flying Island Literary Journal (2020)

Mascara and a Funeral

Mattie looked over her shoulder at the church. Sam was in there, hidden somewhere amid the swell of dark jackets and slicked hairlines that had been building near the altar. Had the casket been open? She couldn’t remember.

'Mascara and a Funeral' is a short take on how the slow burn of inaction can lead a level-headed individual to pin all their hopes on a chance reunion.