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Day Three by Holly Day

Upstairs was full of insects. Candice screamed, Jonathan! Get up here! and the man came up the stairs, two at a time, bugs in the air. He swatted at them with his hands and elbows and pushed past Candice in the doorway of their child’s bedroom. Christ! he shouted. Christ!




Holly Day is a freelance writer living in Minneapolis, Minnesota, with her husband and two children. Her newest book is Walking Twin Cities (Wilderness Press).