Tomorrow's Vig

Nadine

Digital illustration of a young caucasian girl stabbing a rat in the middle of a park bench with two African friends drinking Corona's beside her.

My thumb eased Nadine’s blade out and back in. Nineteen-year-old me had practiced this for hours. Now, years later, it felt just as familiar. I slid her into her old home, my back pocket, and wondered what had come over me. Bethany’s talk of India and its animals must’ve sparked old habits and old memories, […]