Colorful banners waved in the chilly air. A sleigh of huskies passed by in the distance. An icy sheen sheeted their thick fur. Their pawprints were artifacts written on the cold, still pages of snow. Not even seconds after leaving their mark, their presence faded, one snowflake at a time.

Jerome Newsome has work in Aftermath Magazine, Fifty Word Stories, Vestal Review, and Flying South.