Stories by
Johnna Talbot

After the naloxone, he promised to change. But this time he told no one.

Johnna Talbot prefers to be all story and no backstory, but she does admit to writing in San Diego.

She’s old enough to read now and looks at me differently, over her tablet. When I say I’ll be home soon, she turns away.

Johnna Talbot lives in San Diego with her husband, to whom she spoke this story, then heard that it was one.

This story won the 2011 Nanofiction Contest.