Lady Churchill's Rosebud Wristlet No. 19 by Gavin J. Grant Kelly Link

Author:Gavin J. Grant, Kelly Link
Language: eng
Format: mobi, epub
Tags: zine, Science Fiction, Short Fiction, LCRW, fantasy
Publisher: Small Beer Press
Published: 2010-08-17T17:21:23.806564+00:00

Things That Make One's Heart Beat Faster

(after Sei Shonagon)

Katharine Beutner

The glory of running down a snowy hill. To see a distant face float closer and resolve into a shape one knows and loves. To tread on a dead mouse's tail in a dark hallway (this will also make one curse the cat). To hear fright flatten another's voice. The delivery of a letter one has been awaiting, and the uneven way the flap of the white envelope tears when one's fingers shake. To drop a knife when one is barefoot—and catch its handle. The bray of the telephone in the room where one's sick father has just fallen asleep. To put one's hand to one's throat and find that a necklace clasp has silently come undone.

To hear one's name called, unexpectedly, from behind.

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