I stood on the curb waiting for Bus 3 northbound when I saw him, the man on the opposite side of the street. Blue-collar type,
more loveAuthor: T.S. Carney
T.S. Carney is a Special Education teacher who navigates the "infected zone" of faculty rooms and industrial bureaucracy with equal parts caffeine and cynicism. His work will appear in Maudlin House (2/11/26, 10/05/26), Eunoia Review (March 2026), Neon Origami, and has appeared in Your Impossible Voice with upcoming stories in Soul Poetry, Prose, and Arts (May 15, 2026, Summer 2026) The Educator's Workroom, and The Good Men Project, and the Gotham Guillotine (July 2026), tongue etc (July 2026), Discretionary Love (June 2026), and Once Upon A Crocodile (December 2027).