Short Fiction: Dangers of Ice Fishing

Mae's life didn't turn out the way she hoped -- then her husband's "ice-fishing" trip changed everything. Emily Weedon's short story will not fail to surprise!

By Emily Weedon,

It was that time of day in winter when the sky turned pulsing royal blue in the oblongs of her kitchen windows. The tungsten bulbs in the overhead lamp over the melamine table were garish against the twilight. Steam from the pot on the stove was beginning to form thick condensation on the window, dimming the light further.

Her kids were a…