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My twitching fingers slide roe onto the sharpened hook, blood blooms on my pierced thumb. In one smooth motion, I propel the filament across the water into the churning river shallows. The drift in this spot is long. I grip the rod, eyes intent on the tip; I command my hands to remain still. 
 
Fish don’t care about neurodegenerative disorders. Fish don’t conspire about poor dad when they think I can’t hear. Fish don’t want me to sell my house. 
 
Fish fight until they can’t. 
 
The line pulls taught. Instinct takes over. My traitorous hands reel in a silver trout.

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Christy Hartman
Christy Hartman pens short fiction from her home between the ocean and mountains of Vancouver Island Canada. She writes about the chasm between love and loss and picking out the morsels of magic in life’s quiet moments. Christy has been published in Elegant Literature, Bright Flash Literary Review, Fairfield Scribes, and others. When not writing, Christy devotes her time to whichever old or injured rescue dog has wormed their way into heart, currently an anxious Red Heeler named Cyrus. Her other hobby is cooking vegan meals and trying to convince her husband they taste just like chicken.
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