Excerpt: The Shortest Distance

[image error]A few days ago, I interviewed author Miriam Ruff about her book of short stories, The Shortest Distance. Someone asked in comments if there was an excerpt available of the book, as he would like to get a taste of her work before ordering the book.

It pays to ask a question in comments. Miriam has agreed to allow me to post a story from her book here—I think you may be motivated to buy the book after reading the story. Bear in mind that there is a wide variety of stories in the book, so one...