The Son Under the Bridge
He wants her to believe he’s not fit for the world, no matter how well she’s tried to raise him, or what tools she’s given him. God is her witness, she’s tried hard.
Avital Gad-Cykman
Avital Gad-Cykman is the author of the flash collection Life In, Life Out, published by Matter Press. Her stories are upcoming or have been published in Prairie Schooner, The Literary Review, Ambit, CALYX Journal, Glimmer Train, McSweeney’s, W.W. Norton’s International Flash Fiction and The Best of Gigantic, among other magazines and anthologies. She lives in Brazil.