Here’s a story I wrote one evening waiting out a storm at the cabin that a favorite literary magazine, The Big Windows Review published. I’d love to know what you think of it.
Cully fights her way up the steep hill, attacked at every step by thick alder bushes bent from last winter’s snow. Clumps of prickly Devil’s Club and patches of stinging Cow Parsnip caution “danger, retreat.”
She doesn’t listen.
Her fiancé waits for her over the next rise. He had shown her his route on the map before he launched his Cessna 180.
She blinks against the stinging sweat dripping off her forehead. In her mind, she sees his wide cowboy smile as he places the ring on her finger.
She is out of breath and water by the time she arrives, but knows it is the place from the shredded trees, plane debris and Search
and Rescue team’s report.
She leans forward.
Falls.
She’s found him.
if you’d like to read more flash fiction in this excellent magazine, this link takes you to my story and others, https://thebigwindowsreview.com/2023/11/10/lynne-curry-leaning-forward/ .
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