Ross McMeekin

Ross McMeekin’s debut novel, The Hummingbirds (Skyhorse), came out in 2018. His short fiction has appeared in Virginia Quarterly Review, Post Road, Redivider, and Tin House‘s Flash Fiction Fridays. He’s received fellowships from the Jack Straw Cultural Center and Hugo House. He edits the literary journal Spartan.

GLASS by Ross McMeekin

My neighbor wants to know about the fish tank, whether it still holds water. I want to know the same about the river running along the highway. There’s a lot of agriculture upstream, a lot of fields to irrigate. It’s midsummer, the sun is merciless, and the snowpack is gone. He rubs his finger on the glass, looks at it, and wipes his jeans. I need more money than I can make from this yard sale, and I think he knows it.  “So what did you keep in the tank?” he asks. “A better place than this.” I kept tropical…

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