Kristine didn’t get it, why he was shouting contradictory directions at the child—run right, run left—for no good reason. And the boy’s confusion, as he turned from one direction to another, so visceral that even on the sidelines she could feel it. She looked at the mother next to her, Vince’s mother, and just beyond […]
Nancy Tingley
Nancy Tingley’s short fiction has appeared in Panoply, Moon Park Review, New Flash Fiction Review, and elsewhere. Her short story, If, If, If, is forthcoming in the Fault Lines anthology (Sisters in Crime, 2019). Her Jenna Murphy Mysteries series is published by Swallow Press.