Tag Archives: William Cass

WILLIAM CASS: Like Gramps

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I took a detour after work. The push mower stood in the front lawn where we’d left it earlier after my EMT partner and I treated an old man in distress and transported him to the ER.

I finished mowing his precise rows, then stored it away in his garage.

William Cass has had over 325 short stories appear in literary magazines and anthologies. A nominee for Best Small Fictions and Best of the Net, he’s also had six Pushcart nominations. His first short story collection was published by Wising Up Press in 2020, and a second collection has recently been released by the same press.

WILLIAM CASS: Afterwards

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A child-sized wheelchair at the curb. Unopened feeding tube extensions, replacement trachs, oxygen cannulas on a tray table beside it. Paper sign taped to the front says: “Take anything.”

I live up the street. Heard the sirens, saw the flashing lights several nights ago.

The sign flaps in the breeze.

William Cass has had over 285 stories appear in various literary magazines, as well as two short story collections published by Wising Up Press. He lives in San Diego, California.