Fiction
In the Blink of an Eye by Tom Finnegan
I learn fraught as fear and ought, like there’s something I ought to do, but it makes me afraid.
Tom Finnegan received a B.A. in fiction writing from Sarah Lawrence College, studying with E. L. Doctorow and Grace Paley; taught EFL in Europe for eight years; was a freelance writer for ten years, authoring the nonfiction Saving Union Station; was a freelance copyeditor for university presses for twenty-five years, editing more than 1,400 book manuscripts; and now writes fiction.
I learn fraught as fear and ought, like there’s something I ought to do, but it makes me afraid.