Short Story: The Boy in the Window

Snowflakes fall and his breath swirls in the cold winter air as a boy stares through an old man’s window and the magic of words come to life before his eyes.

The man closes the book and the images fade. Andrew realizes he’s late for dinner and rushes home to tell his mother of the fantastical images he was able to see.
Things take a turn for the worse, however, when he realizes his drunk, abusive father is home from the coal mines and waiting for him when he gets there. Now Andrew must face t...