Katherine Magyarody is a postdoctoral fellow at Texas A&M University. She completed her PhD in English at the University of Toronto in 2016. In her ction she explores the personal, familial, and cultural histories that we remember, and the secrets that keep us awake at night. She is working on a collection of short stories and two novel manuscripts.
In the last moment, the bird swerved away to the right. It soared high, wheeled in a circle, and dove again. This time, it pulled itself directly upward. Gold plumes flashed as it rose, wings churning as it turned.