Rudi closed her locker, yawned and turned. Feet. She looked up. Everyone was staring. She hadn’t been trying this time. But here she was: three inches tall. If she hurried to the cafeteria, she would have time to treat herself to a giant piece of cake before she grew again.

Angeline Schellenberg authored the Manitoba Book Award-winning Tell Them It Was Mozart (Brick, 2016) and Fields of Light and Stone (UAP, 2020), shortlisted for the KOBZAR Book Award. Her micro-fiction appeared recently in Fewer Than 500, Café Lit, and The Drabble. She hosts Speaking Crow, the longest-running poetry open-mic in Winnipeg, Canada.