fiction and creative non-fiction from Brennan Quenneville
Alex was the smallest boy in his class. He knew that his eyes were a little too close together and that his front teeth were a little too big. His thick glasses and the stiff clothes his mother bought him, which hung off his small frame like a sandwich board, only made things worse. He [...]
The ambassador’s richly tailored white suit glowed. A dozen marines spread around the perimeter of the restaurant and wedged themselves into tiny booths. The room’s windows had been bolted shut to keep out the sunlight and heat. Madelyn stood waiting, her linen blazer cleanly pressed. The ambassador dabbed his pink brow with an ornate handkerchief, [...]
It all happened in a moment. I saw a man crouching on the highway, his back pressed against the half-wall of the median, his arms outstretched in front of him, palms outward in token of peace as the cars rushed by him in terrifying wave after terrifying wave. His face was rigid and still, his [...]
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