In the American Midwest, Dwight boards a school bus with his poster for the class art fair. When his work attracts the wrong kind of attention from the wrong kind of people, Dwight is confronted by school bullies and is forced to protect himself.

Finalist in Globe Soup’s 7-Day Writing Challenge #11, Magical Realism, April 2024.

Impermanence. What People Become. Compassion.