More from B. Ashford

Here's a free story from B. Ashford's first novel, Enduring Roots — a scene that didn't make it into that book.

The Weight of Her Hands

A story, by B. Ashford

Milan, autumn 1943. Three weeks after the armistice, Lucia is standing in a queue she has no business standing in, carrying a tin of oil that isn't oil's worth of trouble, and the woman ahead of her — scarred hands, an old limp — already knows exactly who she is.

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