Jo-Anne Rosen – Big City Lit

Driving in the Dark

Jo-Anne RosenSummer 2023, Summer 2023 Fiction

by Jo-Anne Rosen He knew it would be a mistake to let Bella drive. She was hard on cars and his was past its prime. “You don’t want to drive all day, Charles,” she said. “How far is it to Joshua Tree? You’ll need a break.” “I’ll be fine,” he said. “You need a holiday

At the Casino with Two Jacks

Jo-Anne RosenSummer 2020, Summer 2020 Fiction

by Jo-Anne Rosen Though we’d known about each other over twenty years, we didn’t meet until that afternoon in the hospital when Alice burst into the room and dropped into the chair opposite mine. On the bed between us lay my husband, Frank. His jaw hung open and his breath was raspy. “Why