Seth L. Riley received his MFA in Creative Writing from Seattle Pacific University, and his work has appeared in The Millions and Image Journal (online). Originally from the Pacific Northwest, he currently lives in Texas with his wife and children and is at work on a novel. Find him online at sethlriley.com.
Here, what is given, what is taken or refuted, what is owed engenders the myriad methods her characters use to shift responsibility or culpability away from themselves and onto others.