Nothing Matters

Although I’d seen nothing, my husband’s infatuation with Emma tormented me. Their fingers almost brushing? Nothing. Their overheard laughter? More nothing. I kept watching them. Then, one night, all through a long dinner party, they never spoke to each other, only to other people. I’d seen enough of their nothing.

Miriam N. Kotzin, author of Debris Field and Country Music, teaches literature and creative writing. Her novel, Right This Way, will be published by Spuyten Duyvil Press. Wiki @miriam_n.kotzin