Like a Compass in Her Bones
After spending her childhood traversing the country with her free-spirited mother, Emily Gates has done a good job of giving her son a stable, rooted childhood on the Southside of Chicago. But as much as she tries to be “normal,” Emily has one secret: she can see the souls of the recently dead, and even helps them cross to the other side in a place she refers to as the Tunnel of Souls. When she’s called to help the dying soul of the father she never met, she realizes that maybe her definition of home has been wrong all along.
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About the Author
Kristin Kozlowski lives and works in the Midwest, US. Some of her work is available online at Flash Frog, matchbook, Vast Chasm, Pidgeonholes, Lost Balloon, and others. Her piece from Cease, Cows, “Salty Owl,” is included in The Best Small Fictions Anthology 2021, “What’s the Opposite of Thief?” from The Birdseed was nominated for Best Microfiction 2022, and “Behind Closed Doors” from Vast Chasm was nominated for Best Microfiction 2023. For her upcoming publications, please visit her website at kristinkozlowskiwrites.wordpress.com.