K.R. Van Horn

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“East Coast Coffee” by K.R. Van Horn

Submitted to Contest #286

East Coast CoffeeThe little store downstairs is closed—it’s Sunday. I stand there, staring at the locked door. Turns out the universe doesn’t care when I’m out of coffee.I grab my keys and head downtown.On the way, gray sky. Days of it. No rain or snow. Just gray. The trees are skeletons. I belong somewhere else. I belong in the islands, I think to myself.I’m no stranger to the store downtown. I stop by now and then on my way home during the week. I go to the coffee aisle, and there’s a woman standing there, staring at the shelf.When I ...

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