Fleischer is an awkward--yet immensely skilled--young pickpocket. Between his quick fingers and Ricky's distracting charm, the commuters on Chicago's crowded mass transit are easy pickings. Then one day Fleischer gets distracted by a beauty glanced out the train window. Will he fall prey to her charms?
David Erik Nelson is an award-wining science-fiction/horror writer and essayist. His fiction has appeared in Asimov's, The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction, The Best Horror of the Year, and elsewhere. Find his fiction online at https://www.davideriknelson.com/FreeFiction