Author
Elizabeth Shack
Elizabeth Shack is a former physicist and newspaper reporter living among the cornfields of central Illinois. When not writing, she comes in last in 5k races and attempts to grow vegetables in her shady yard. Find her at elizabethshack.com.
The Girl with Flowers for Hair
Holding the laundry basket, Gina paused in the doorway of Adam's room. It looked just like it had the day he hadn't come home for dinner, though the police had combed it for clues. Five years now. She knew she should turn the room into a guest room, but every time she thought…
Pictures in Crayon
At recess the Arks dot the sky like unwinking stars. Ally and her friends aren't supposed to talk about it, eyes wide above the breathing masks that muffle their voices, but they do. Where they'll go, what they'll bring. Every kid Ally knows has a suitcase packed, just in case…