Equus by Rhonda Parrish

Author:Rhonda Parrish [Parrish, Rhonda]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: horse mythology, unicorn, pegasus, fantasy, short stories, anthology
Publisher: World Weaver Press
Published: 2017-07-18T06:00:00+00:00

I dreamed all night about being chased by the Swamp Thing. I cancel my first meeting of the day, so I can call up Jimmie and find out what the police are going to do.

I get his wife, instead. She gives me the gears for letting Jimmie slip out at night with all of her kids at home alone. It takes a lot of cooing before I can get an answer out of her: Jimmie left for work strangely early. She knows, because she heard him turning on the kitchen radio at 4:00 a.m., when he’s never done so before. When I hang up with her, I see a voicemail waiting. It’s my own missus, advertising a local hotel that specializes in rooms for one.

I try calling Jimmie again around noon, but this time nobody’s home.

I mean to try again when school is out, but I get caught up in a conference call that goes into double-overtime. Once I finish, the receptionist hands me a lengthy note. I’ve had two urgent calls come in. One was from Millie. The other was from the cops—a Sergeant Francis Noseworthy of the Royal Newfoundland Constabulary.

I don’t know who to call first, but I do know it’s got something to do with Jimmie. I call up the missus. She tells me about how Jimmie’s wife Laney called her up in a panic, because she’d found one of Jimmie’s shoes on the driveway. Millie understands the significance of this, and she asks what she can do to help. I don’t know yet. So I call up Sergeant Noseworthy next. He tells me to meet him in Witless Bay and answer questions about last night. I can’t shake the feeling that he wants to give me a brand new pair of chrome-plated bracelets.

I do what I can to get through the rest of my work day, and then I get in my car.

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