Lance Manion
Lance Manion is the author of twelve collections of flash fiction, the most recent of which, The Forest of Stone, was published in January 2024. His stories have appeared in 60+ publications and have been included in over a dozen anthologies. He has been posting daily stories on his website since 2012.
The next morning she worked out with tears streaming down her face. “A year you’ve been with me” she said. “You and I are in this together” she said. “You can’t go” she said. Then finally “Please don’t.”