Big anniversary coming, so Vincenzo Perrugia stole the Mona Lisa. She’ll cover the water damage, he winked, pacing their stuffy apartment, hanging a nail on the spotted wall. What will she think? his wife blushed. Tried to imagine her understanding voice, her way of touching them both in the dark.

Meg Pokrass is the Series Co-Editor of Best Microfiction. Her new collection, The First Law of Holes: New and Selected will be published by Dzanc Books.