Melanie Kimball

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Short Fiction

The Day I Caught a Star

Melanie Kimball

I never saw the star my great-aunt gave me, but I could feel it. It was like a warm heartbeat pulsing between my hands. It didn’t burn me— “Stars don’t burn,” Aunt Naomi said, “they just ... [+]

Long Story Short Award Fall 2020 - Short Fiction