By Ric Perrott FAIRY-TALE ADMINISTRATIVE BOARD FORLENIENCY AND EXONERATION “Because Everyone Deserves a Second Chapter” Office of Rehabilitation Once Upon a Lane, Suite 1 (Do not remove the crumbs) The Enchanted Administrative District Mr. B. B. Wolf The Old Oak Hollow 4 Darkwood Forest Dear Mr. Wolf, Thank you for your recent application to FABLE […]
By Ric Perrott Christmas lights on Broadway hung like frozen fireworks above the sidewalks, where dark wool coats, matching fedoras, and bright shopping bags streamed in currents beneath a pewter sky. The promised snow had failed to materialize; instead, a uniquely New York winter light—sharp and metallic—sliced through the plate-glass windows of Gimbels department store. […]
By Ric Perrott The breeze on my face is the first thing I recall—cool, sterile, and carrying the scent of something I can’t quite place. Antiseptic? Or the moment right before the rain starts to fall. My eyes are closed, though I have no memory of doing so. I cannot remember how I got here. […]