House of Sighs
When he got home, his mother yelled at him.
His father went back for the shoes.
Maclachley’s dog never attacked him, of course, or any of the other kids who had to run the dreaded junkyard mile. But when he heard the distant barking from outside the bus, that same, childish, and irrational fear of being consumed alive stalked him once more.
“His name was Peter,” Sarah announced to the passengers, those both living and dead. She held a notebook in her hands and ran her fingers over the name inscribed on the first page. Her face was drawn, shoulders slumped. “Peter was a writer.”
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