No one wanted to look at the woman on the train who was begging. She came up to me with her hand out, and, though I felt bad for doing it, I shook my head and looked the other way. Then she turned to the young couple who was sitting across the aisle from me, but they did the same thing I’d done. She went on down the length of the carriage. It was the same with everyone the whole way down.
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Edward Mullany is the author of If I Falter at the Gallows, Figures for an Apocalypse and The Three Sunrises. He is the recipient of a Barthelme Fellowship from the Inprint Foundation. He is also the creator of the comic strips Rachel and Ben and Excerpts From a Boring Man's Diary. He has a twitter and tumblr.
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