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TODAY’S SPOTLIGHT STORY: “Whiskey & Ribbons” by Leesa Cross-Smith which took home the Editor’s Choice awarded by Kristin, our managing editor.
Kristin shares her comments on this story: “I keep coming back to this story and re-reading it. I love the narrator’s voice and can hear it in every word. I love the intimacy of the hairy armpit. On the page, it demonstrates greater intimacy than any sex scene ever possibly could. Love the echo of the child’s squeal bouncing up to heaven. First story I’ve read in my life that makes tears work so well.”
Leesa’s story follows the narrator Evangeline, a widow with a newborn child, through the initial onset of grief over losing her husband. Grief is a topic many short stories explore, but what makes Leesa’s story stand out is that the grief is mixed in with confusion and excitement over the narrator’s newfound feelings toward her husband’s best friend. As both characters try to navigate their attraction and even guilt, readers are treated to an honest display of friendship and budding love. And the last line is quite simply, one of the best we’ve ever read.
omg, i love leesa so hard.
5 months ago