Category Archives: Katherine Nabity

He watched something white fall from her hand to the water below. He joined her at the rail, sea spray catching on his arm hair. The packet of notes was folded into a tight square. She had written on both … Continue reading →

“Grandmother?” Janis smelled smoke. Cigarette smoke. “What’s going on in here?” Janis found Grandmother sitting on an old wood chair in the middle of the room with a cigarette and 1.75L of gin. Grandmother Mable despised smoking. When Janis experimented, … Continue reading →

When she slept, Julie often dreamt of a man named Ben. Ben was the right amount of tall. He had dark hair and sparkling blue eyes. He was rugged, but with boyish looks. Like a young Robert Sean Leonard. Ben … Continue reading →

Marion liked the man on television, the one that talked about being bound in a nutshell and becoming the king of space. He had wide, wild eyes and an askew grin. Marion felt like that most of the time. Wild … Continue reading →

. “Are you sure about this?” Bill strained against the stone, pressing with his back, putting his legs into the effort. His stubby wings got in the way. “Certain,” said Harold. “It was on the work docket. I figured after … Continue reading →

“We never figured out how you did it.” Aleister didn’t like it when his past caught up with him. It always seemed to happen in an airport bar. He tried to never be early for a flight, but he couldn’t … Continue reading →

The first time it happened, Darcy was seven years old. She was staring at the Christmas tree, all glittering and untouchable with tinsel and glass ornaments. Tomorrow morning, she would wake to a pile of presents beneath it. Darcy could … Continue reading →

Red meat is not her problem. Red meat is willing. Pull-ups, sit-ups, pushups. Leg presses, calf raises, hamstring curls. Stadium bleachers, soccer field suicides, tabata on the rowing machine. Boat pose, plow pose, downward-facing dog. Red meat takes the beating … Continue reading →

She liked snooping. Sneaking through the empty house was a thrill. Better than a roller coaster or a wrapped birthday present. Peeping into out-of-bounds drawers and closets was naughty, but she couldn’t see the harm in it. Nothing but winter … Continue reading →

He hadn’t been thinking when he left his hat and sunblock in the car. He had stumbled over the rocky sand dune toward the mottled pink dawn and the dull steel ocean, certain that it wouldn’t take so long to … Continue reading →

One day, the world fell. People in the southern hemisphere felt slightly flattened. In the northern, everyone was on a roller coaster as their guts jumped, briefly into their throats. That went on for a little over a day. The … Continue reading →