Kathleen Foxx

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“Letting Go” by Kathleen Foxx

Submitted to Contest #74

The decision has been made. The machines are keeping her husband alive, but for what? It’s like trying to fly a kite that has a hole in it, or pumping up a tire with a leak; pointless. She watches the little white plastic pump as it goes up and down, reminding her of an accordion. The air gets pushed in; the air gets pulled out. He is unable to hold the air in on his own. His body has given up. There’s no hope left, she’d been told. Still, she’d been hanging on for weeks, wishing and hoping and praying that fate would still have more in s...

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Kathleen Foxx is an emerging thriller & gothic horror author. She also enjoys writing micro, flash & short stories and has published several short pieces in various online lit mags. She lives in Ontario and is a mom of 5 kids. When not writing her own stories, she offers freelance editing and critiquing, edits the audio for The Shit No One Tells You About Writing podcast, and hosts her own writing podcast: badasswriters.