Fragmented by Dean Moses

Author Dean Moses' short story, Fragmented, was featured on Boned: A Collection of Skeletal Fiction site. The site curates short stories "with a single, common theme: Skeletons. Whether protagonist, antagonist, setting, or MacGuffin, each story in Boned corresponds — somehow — to the architecture of living things."

Fragmented is featured on BONED:

The summer of 2043 was notable for its brisk winds punctuating its long days, especially on the season’s last day. On this particular date, a coarse breeze forced its way through rotting wood and chipped paint, allowing it to stroke a sleeping woman’s face.

Annabel awoke. Panting heavily she pawed at her nose, for she could not smell the seasonal scents carried in by the draft. She ran her hands over her head to find a bald cranium. Her appendages felt numb — lifeless, like an amputee’s false limbs. The rocking chair in which she was sitting let out a long, whining creek as she stumbled from it. The blanket draping her upper body unraveled, creating an over-sized scarf that trailed behind the woman on her journey to the bathroom. The door swung open, a scream followed.

Read the rest of Fragmented on Boned.

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