Three Micros

by Marco Etheridge

The Matador

He lives for that single frozen moment, when the bull’s horn hooks the air a hair’s breadth between his suit of lights and oblivion, the millisecond before the roar of the crowd of oblivion.

The Wig

The old lady stalks across the train station’s marble floor. She wears an ancient black wig, the same shape and color as the black cocker spaniel she drags behind her on a leash. As the dog slides past on its belly, I wonder which came first, wig or mutt.

Last Film

A bullet slices through his chest. He falls. As his curtain closes, he sees a vision of his parents’ front porch in summer.

BIO: Marco Etheridge is a writer, an occasional playwright, and a part-time poet. He lives in Vienna, Austria. His work has been featured in over 180 reviews across Canada, Australia, New Zealand, Europe, the UK, the USA, and India. Marco’s story “Power Tools” was nominated for Best of the Web for 2023 and is the title of his latest collection of short fiction. When he isn’t crafting stories, Marco serves as a contributing editor for Hotch Potch Literature and Art and as a reader for Marrow Magazine. In his other life, Marco travels the world with his lovely wife Sabine. Website: https://www.marcoetheridgefiction.com/ Instagram: www.instagram.com/marcoetheridge Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/SerialZtheNovel SubStack: https://marcoetheridge.substack.com