Christina Hughes Babb

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“The Big House ” by Christina Hughes Babb

Submitted to Contest #287

Sensitive content warning: This story includes references to mental illness, substance abuse, child abuse and death “Click, hiss, whoosh,” goes the stovetop as a blue flame breaks beneath the copper kettle.  “I’m obsessed with your house, Adele” my new tenant Joan calls from the sunroom.  Placing one herbal sachet inside each porcelain mug, I call back.  “It’s the last Queen Anne in Southern Dallas.” Joan says it looks like the house in “Up.”  “You know? The animated tearjerker with the old man and balloons?” Her silky ri...

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