Manikin
"You will be free when the house is immaculate, the manikin said. Then it took the coffee and left, stolen feet heavy on the gleaming floor. The house shivered..."
by Richard Mirabella
by Terry Bisson
by Meg Elison
He thought about turning to the orange-tie man and asking, Do you think all religion is born of desperation? As much as he wanted to be humble in the presence…
Donald Barthelme