The Beckoning Precipice

A short story by Fletcher Kovich

A doctor, who is racked by guilt, is contemplating suicide, but are his misdeeds imaginary?

After a similar encounter on Wednesday evening, he left work early on Thursday evening, so as to avoid the woman, and made his way back onto the bridge. He reached a quarter of the way across, proceeding as a zombie: numb, deaf, unfeeling in every sense.

The full text of this story is included in Fletcher's collected edition of short stories. See the author page for print and Kindle options, or return to the fiction list.