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Winging to Nowhere – by Donna Gagnon

Published By Donna Gagnon • Feb 8th, 2009 • Category: Flash Fiction

Sylvia’s standing on the platform but the train isn’t there.
The cheque wasn’t there, either, not on any one of the seven times she checked the mailbox in the hallway today. The little silver key’s getting worn at the edges. It turns in the lock, brightly singing a hope of happiness, only to sound a dull [...]