Last Nice Day by Rich Larson : Clarkesworld Magazine - Science Fiction & Fantasy
Science Fiction & Fantasy — by Rich Larson — It sun-showers while we’re scrubbing the carrots. The sky overhead is robin’s egg blue—all the gray stormy shit is off to the east—but the rain comes down anyways. We’re sitting on the edge of the old wooden porch, facing the garden, and the drops lick our bare feet. That is the setting. “Again,” says Mom, because it sun-showered yesterday too. I scrub sideways, working bristles into creases. It feels good to see the water slick the dirt away and leave the skin bright orange. I like cleaning things. I like it when it rains and ...