Influx

Meredith Harper lives and teaches in Oxford, Mississippi. Her story, "Influx," was selected a finalist in Short Edition's Button Fiction, spring 2019 contest.

The garbage can is full again. I drag it inside and empty it over the floor, adding to the foot of water already standing in the house. The bathtub and the sinks have been running nonstop for several hours now.At least the house is small. Any larger—we'd be here for weeks, not days.This was all Jack's idea, and I have to say it's a good one, the best he's had. Simple, even. We are going to fill the house with water. Right now, he is inspecting the windows, the cracks around the windows in Maddie's room, sealing them with duct tape, electrician's tape, Scotch tape, all the tape we have."When yo

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