The forest cleared to let the Ferris wheel in, let in the popcorn-chewers, the crushed, greasy striped hot dog trays, the guns in pockets, the new babies scream...
Cheryl Pappas is an American writer living outside Boston. Her work has appeared in Wigleaf, Hayden's Ferry Review, Juked, The Chattahoochee Review, HAD, and elsewhere. She is the author of the flash fiction collection The Clarity of Hunger, published by word west press (2021). She is currently at work on a novel and is represented by Alicia Brooks at the Jean V. Naggar Literary Agency. She can be found on Twitter @fabulistpappas, and her website is www.cherylpappas.net.