When Mark Budman of Vestal Review asked me for a short-short, I was happy to comply. The magazine publishes stories of 500 words or fewer. My story collection contains several very short stories, but none this short. It turned out to be quite a challenge whittling a story down to so few words, but it was nice to take a break from the novel to write something truly brief. Here’s In Flight, inspired in part by an experience my husband had on a plane some 12 years ago, before I’d ever met him. If you have a knack for brevity, check out VR’s submission guidelines.