Laura Chow Reeve is the author of the short story collection A Small Apocalypse (TriQuarterly Books/Northwestern University Press). Her writing and graphic work is published or forthcoming in The Offing, Lit Hub, The Rumpus, Catapult, Joyland, and elsewhere. She lives in Richmond, VA.

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Another Apocalypse

By LAURA CHOW REEVE

My dog was dead. My heart was broken. And the sky was on fire.