L.S. Johnson

L.S. Johnson lives in Northern California, where she feeds her cats by writing book indexes. She is the author of the gothic novellas Harkworth Hall and Leviathan. Her first collection, Vacui Magia, was a finalist for the World Fantasy Award. Her novel remains vexedly in progress. Find her online at www.traversingz.com.

All That I Left Behind (We Are)

I return on a late summer day, the air heavy in a way I had forgotten, drowsy with heat and humidity. Mosquitoes hover like dust motes as I climb the porch steps. That my key ...