new story in The Collagist

I have a new story that I'm really proud of up at The Collagist. It is called "One or Two Afternoons" and begins:

The woman at the door wore coveralls and carried a long metal tube. Her mouth was large and closed.

"Bug lady," she said after a second. She shook her spray nozzle in front of my face.

Click here to read the rest. I had another story, "Hike," in The Collagist in 2011.