“The Four Winds” by Grace Spulak (Fiction ’24)
Fiction alum Grace Spulak’s story, “The Four Winds,” from her forthcoming story collection, Magdalena Is Brighter Than You Think, was featured in Blackbird.
Read an excerpt below.
The Four Winds
Two stations stand on the verge of town, one on each side of the bare highway, both sunk in darkness. Martha chooses at random, the Conoco on her right, pulls into the parking lot and cuts the engine. The cold is quick to take the pickup’s interior, flooding the wind-worn window seals.
There are no lights in the parking lot. No lights inside the small building. The gas pump beside them shows no sign of life, no glowing display illuminating prices.
Read the rest of the story: The Four Winds
