The Story of the Week for January 26 to 30 is…

Math Lesson by Cathy Ulrich
and
A Presaged Day Ago by Bob McNeil

Yep, that’s right: I picked two stories of the week this week. I couldn’t choose between the two!

Math Lesson is really powerful and heartbreaking, and the way it disguises its intentions mirrors the way the father disguises his own intentions, which shows some beautiful writing.

A Presaged Day Ago is that rare beast, an effective piece of 50-word sci-fi. The key phrase that really earned my appreciation in this story was “Acclimated to Armageddon”, which is just a fantastic little trio of words, and so significant.

Congratulations to both of you!