Have you ever wished for your problems to not just be solved but annihilated? Googled an old lover, found them on social media and lingered over the send button? Wished for the sudden upheaval of your own life? If so, here’s a cup of hot cocoa for you.
This story, “My Fire Still Burns,” started with a moment when I witnessed a shocking act of violence on a random street corner, and then gained depth and complication when I embedded it in a dialogue between women from very different worlds. I’m grateful to the fine editors at Atlas & Alice for publishing it in their September, 2022 issue: https://atlasandalice.com/2022/09/12/fiction-from-a-c-koch/
Content warning: gun violence
