NEW! My latest short story: Retrograde by Krista Lester © 2006 PDF | HTML Frank, a retired Professor of Astronomy, has recently lost his wife of forty-two years. Grasping for anything that can possibly help him cope, he has resumed his old smoking habit. When Frank wakes up in the middle of the night to find himself sleeping in an empty bed, he knows he won't make it through the night with the few cigarettes he has left. Even worse, when he leaves the apartment to clear his head with some stargazing, he accidentally locks himself out. What's a man to do when he's lost his wife, he's locked himself out of his apartment, and he's almost out of cigarettes? Other Short Stories Nerina by Krista Lester © 2006 PDF | HTML Half-Empty by Krista Lester © 2004 PDF | HTML Coming Soon! Carnivalesque Pathology Phobia Unknown Soldier Watercolors Wishwash