Melanie Nead lives in Portland, Oregon, where she owns a business and a house. This is her first time in print besides winning school-wide writing contests in second and ninth grades. She is working on a collection of short stories and a new novel. She also has a nearly-finished first novel which may or may not ever be read by anyone else.
Winter 2013
Goodbye to the Small Man
Of the bus ride south there’s not much to say except that it was long and very beautiful and they did not sit together. The bus was wood-paneled inside with many windows, and the young couple were the only passengers.