Nothing to Fear but Fear Itself

by Alicia Brown

A husband struggles with financial insecurity, while his newly unemployed wife strives to recreate the perfect Halloween, in this short story.

Third place winner, Wild Card Category, Atlanta Writers Club Fall 2013 contest

6 pages, Kindle Edition

First published November 16, 2013

About the author

Alicia Brown has been writing stories her entire life, but she first saw her words in print at age fourteen when her local newspaper published her letter to the editor defending the late-eighties’ embrace of late-sixties pop culture. Since then, she has published a number of articles and opinion columns and several award-winning short stories. Her first novel, "The Freedom Dreamers," is a coming-of-age story about a teenage runaway who joins the hippie counterculture in 1968 NYC. She lives outside Atlanta, Georgia, with her husband and two dogs. Learn more about Alicia at www.aliciabrownauthor.com.