A HEART SHARED SHALL NEVER DIMINISH
Here is a boy, barely thirteen, broken, lying in the road, twisted metal around him, twisted metal in him. Here is his heart, pierced by the shrapnel of the truck, a truck no longer, now a confusion of tangled wire and torn steel and glass pebbles. The boy’s name is Sheridan. He will live a few minutes more.
Fantasy short story published in Lightspeed Magazine, August 2023, Issue #159.
Be sure to check out the accompanying Author Spotlight for background on this story and my writing process.
