#647 Everyone Here Has a Gun- Lucas Southworth
This is the opening and title story to Lucas Southworth’s 2013 collection. The book won the Grace Paley Prize for short fiction.
This is a parable about guns. A pair, a man and a woman sit together in a room full of people, each with a gun. There will be shooting, and there will be defending from the shooting which of course means more shooting. I will be careful in assuming this story is anti-gun, because often, the same arguments made in opposition can be used in support.
Lets just day, this is a scary place to be, and we should all do our best not to end up in this room.
Notable Passage: “In the confusion, we’ve all drawn our guns. I have mind aimed at you. You have yours aimed at me.”
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