Katie and Frank

Jonathan Rigsby
11 min readOct 6, 2023

Author’s Note: This short was written in early 2023 on very short notice for submission to a contest in a literary magazine. It was not selected. As an aspiring writer, I am open to all kinds of criticism and would value feedback. Be as harsh as you’d like. I won’t take it personally.

A woman in a black shirt and jeans with a striped undershirt leans against the doorframe of a rundown apartment.
Photo by Elyas Pasban on Unsplash

Whoever said “dead men tell no tales” never had to stick a head in the freezer to get it to shut up during a Zoom call. Frank seems to think it’s funny…

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Jonathan Rigsby

Author and rideshare driver in Tallahassee, FL. Habitual Tweeter @ride_trips