S. Qiouyi Lu's story, "Double-Edged," was originally published in Short Edition’s September '19 Rendez-Vous. S. Qiouyi Lu writes, translates, and edits between two coasts of the Pacific. You can find out more about S. at their website, s.qiouyi.lu.

"I killed a man before, you know."It's 3:12 pm, an awkward time for us to be preparing food. I'm not sure if we're making a late lunch, an early dinner, or just afternoon tea. I've been struggling to open a plastic case of Granny Smith apples; meanwhile, he's been slicing some tomatoes to add to the salad. I pause as his words finally register in my mind. I glance up at him, my fingernails still jammed between the sheets of plastic. He's calmly slicing those tomatoes. Chop, chop. Meticulous. The V of every wedge of tomato looks like it measures the exact same angle. The afternoon sun is radian

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