Morgan MacVaugh is a conductor of magic. At the moment, she's gallivanting through Scotland and getting her Master's, but normally she’s rooted in Lancaster, Pennsylvania, where she lives for card games, oil paints, and her chonky black cat. You can find some of her other work in Hunger Mountain, F(r)iction's Dually Noted series, and Luna Station Quarterly.
[This story was longlisted by Ellen Datlow for her “Best Horror of the Year Vol. 14” anthology.] On some odd day — one of those million golden afternoons that breeds boredom or trouble regardless of ...