A third recent short story has just appeared on my website in pdf format:
THINGS HAVE CHANGED
by Matthew Asprey
This is a noirish comedy of obsession, frustrated desire, and brutal revenge. Here is the opening:
When did I make the decision?
It was the night the tide raged into Bivouac Bay. I watched the waves retreat. What a sight – catfish floundering on the shore in a slick of sewage. I told the driver to park the limo at the edge of the beach. I kept the windows closed to the stink. The villas on Dover Heights glittered behind us. I wrote a letter:
Dear David,
You’ll remember me from the incident at your wedding. After that I was forced to leave Bivouac Bay for a period of reinvention. Now I’ve returned and I still love your wife…
[Photo credit: rockcreek at Flickr.]
