Ian Woollen

Ian Woollen lives and writes in Bloomington, Indiana. His recent short fiction has appeared in Blue Lake Review, Five South, and North Dakota Quarterly. A new novel, Sister City, is out from Coffeetown Press. Ian recommends the Shalom Community Center.

The urgent note from Larry, the vice-principal, was delivered to his classroom during a Monday lunch hour. Mr. Moss found it when he got back from a short nap in the staff lounge. “Please stop by my office after class ends today. An agent from the Education Commissioner wants to speak with you.” Mr. Moss blinked and re-read the note and muttered, “Fine, bring it on.”

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“There was a boombox and dancing and guns going off. It got real crazy. I must have blacked out. Next thing I know, it’s the cold light of dawn, and I’m waking up woozy and almost naked and freezing, and Todd is beside me, naked too and passed out.”

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