Grateful to the Hawai’i Pacific Review for publishing my short story “The Thimble Burglar.” This marks my tenth short story to be published, but my first since the COVID-19 pandemic. Here’s how it begins, rather simply:

They were waiting for us.

The core of this story features a bit—the windy day drop-off—that I’ve been working and reworking over the years, and it’s appeared in various forms (mostly still unpublished), as well, including in some longer things. The story also has a few classic Lincoln, Nebraska references, if you’re a local.