Jay Heltzer

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“The Drop-Off That Didn’t Go As Planned” by Jay Heltzer

Submitted to Contest #74

They say that your life flashes before your eyes in the second right before you die. Multiply that by ten, and each time, over and over again, you get to relive a mistake you can’t correct.  It started when I accidentally slammed my son’s fingers in my car door while standing in a parking lot across from my ex-wife and the guy who’s banging her and wondering how much his silver Lexus cost. My son’s howling siren of pain informed me that I was focused on the wrong thing during our weekly custodial exchange, and I managed to screw somet...

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Motivated by art in many forms, Jay Heltzer is a musician and writer currently living near Washington D.C. He enjoys the powerful impact of a short story, and looks forward to seeing his works in print in 2021.