Adam McOmber is the author of The White Forest: A Novel (Touchstone 2012) and This New & Poisonous Air: Stories (BOA Editions 2011). His work has appeared recently in Conjunctions, The Fairy Tale Review and Fifth Wednesday. He is the managing and associate editor of the literary magazine Hotel America where he also teaches creative writing and literature.
Summer 2015
Sodom and Gomorrah
We pause at our work and watch as two strangers make their way across the plain. Their eyes are lamp-lit.