Author
Ari B Goelman
Ari Goelman lives in Vancouver with his wife, their daughter and the rain. You can find more of his short fiction online at Strange Horizons and Fantasy Magazine, among other venues.
Everyone Gets Scared Sometimes
She wakes up scared in the morning. She wakes up scared almost every morning. Still, it's a nice day. Summer. Blue sky. She walks up the hill until she's downtown. It makes her feel better, having living people all around her. She walks up and down the busiest streets she can…
The Closer
Later, Martin couldn't say what had awakened him. A sound maybe. Or maybe the smell--his bedroom was full of a strange smell. Rich and green. He and Laura had hiked in a rain forest when they had visited Vancouver a few summers before and it smelled like that. "A massage for…