One True Color

Posted by GRABSKI on November 27, 2016 in Short Story | Leave a comment

In the living room doorway stood Petunia Jennings, a heavyset, beady-eyed woman with a shotgun cradled in the crook of her arm. She was dressed in a chartreuse nightgown and her head, rather round and small, was adorned with a matching sleeping cap. Gray curls sprung from under the cap that, together with the gun, cast a sweet but fearsome look. Her portentous appearance was more than enough to jar me awake.

Read the rest at ‘Boston Accents Literary Magazine’ here:

http://www.bostonaccentlit.com/grabski/

Thanks to Editor in Chief, Sarah A. O’Brien and the entire editorial staff at Boston Accents for publishing, ‘One True Color’.

Photo Credit and copyright: Michal Plachy