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"Herd" is the title of this piece.
Chris Vaughan is a writer and artist from Whitstable. His stories and essays have appeared or are forthcoming in Best British Short Stories 2022, Ambit, Galaxy Brain, The Lifted Brow, Epiphany Magazine, Philosophy Now, Bright Lights Film Journal and elsewhere. His collages have also been published in a variety of magazines, including Big Other and Ambit Pop.
Her throat is dry, too dry to swallow, and she has to pee, but the lure of the still warm pillow is powerful. Her heart rate is slow and dull. She breathes slowly, counting her breaths: in-two-three-f
Spring. Melting ice. First robin. Northbound geese. Honking. Redbuds budding. Daffodil bunches for sale. Tractors emerging. Billowing blue exhaust. Jumping jack lambs. Lawns turning green. Closeting s
Annie drew her fingers across the grease-smudged page, the glossy image of lemon bars with shortbread crust and a snowy dusting of powdered sugar. The cookbook, heavy and thick, had a tattered jacket,