Like everyone else in the park, the couple, both in their mid-50s, had been on a routine evening stroll only moments before; Martha complained of ennui, and Barry griped about living in a rut.
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Benjamin Woodard
Benjamin Woodard is editor in chief at Atlas and Alice Literary Magazine. His recent fiction has appeared in, or is forthcoming from, Pithead Chapel, Joyland, Necessary Fiction, F®iction, and others. His microfiction can be found in the 2019 and 2021 editions of Best Microfiction.