Dolores smiled through venetian blinds. Potatoes boiled on the range. Fair hair fluttered as the toy gun fired.

“Bang,” little Thomas roared firing at invisible enemies. He would come home soon, hungry.

Dolores peered at her new television; more fighting, more war. She prayed Thomas would come home soon, hungry.

Valkyriekerry Kelly is a graduate writer living in Mayo, Ireland. Her short stories have featured in Short Break Fiction, Paragraph Planet, and Entropy Squared. When she is not writing, Valkyriekerry can be found exploring the heritage sites of Ireland with a camera in her hand. See more at valkyriekerrykelly.wordpress.com.