"Only the Cicadas Will Cry" in Evening Street Review

My story, "Only the Cicadas Will Cry," is now published in Evening Street Review (No. 28, Spring 2021). This issue is available both in hard copy and online. Soon after World War Two, the arrival of a Japanese exchange student evokes mixed reactions in a small Wisconsin town. Like the child in a Japanese folk song, the girl experiences utter loneliness. Mono no aware - the sadness of things.