Novelist (and Workshop co-host) Kaitlyn Greenidge’s Axe...

Novelist (and Workshop co-host) Kaitlyn Greenidge’s Axe Wound on Guernica

“So my brother Pete was chopping wood yesterday and the axe slipped. His hand slipped right over the blade.” Nick wiped his nose, “You should have seen it. There was blood everywhere. He got an axe wound on his finger.”

“He got a what?” Carlos said. He was smiling. All the other guys who were listening in started smiling, too.

Nick smiled back at them, nervously. “A cut from an axe.”