“Guess who I’m going to be for Halloween this year, Grandma,” prompts my eight-year-old, freckle-faced granddaughter. She likes to twirl her long, blond braids as she waits for me to answer.

“Hmm. A centipede or house fly?” I guess.

She giggles. “Noooooooo, Grandma! You’re so silly. Number 42, Jackie Robinson!”

Recently retired, Marian Brooks has been writing some short fiction. Her work has appeared in Word Riot, The Short Humour Site, The Linnet’s Wings, Zest Magazine, and elsewhere.