Prose

KIRKLAND CICCONE [Even though she was well into her seventies with the frailties that old age brings, Beatrice Barker still knew what it was to hate people around her.]

BARBARA SUEKO MCGUIRE [ My parent's cat, Suzy Q, blatantly out-gifted me on my mother's sixtieth birthday when she brought a bunny to the back door.]

BEN TRACY [I was in a tea shop.]