Alyx Barter is a writer and equestrian from Jacksonville, FL. She has various works published, including in the Bright Flash Literary Review, and is a recipient of the Amy Wainwright Memorial Award. In her free time she likes to try and keep her plants alive and can often be found haunting the local bookshop.
There’s no grand opening, no advertising. There’s just one endless summer day after another, and then the curl of fall leaves across the storefront on mainstreet, and when the leaves touch the ground you look ...