Last Chapter of a Living Fairy Tale

When he sees his wife rousing from her nap, he flips the book open and recites the ending again. She blinks several times, slowly bringing his face and his voice into focus. Her apple-green eyes look no different now than the first time.

“I love that story,” she says, smiling.

Bob Thurber is the author of six books. Over the years his work has received a long list of awards and been included in over sixty anthologies. bobthurber.net