A Bernard and Melody Story

The Photograph

Bernard and Melody at the art show

Photo copyright K. S. Brooks. Do not use without attribution.

“That’s boring.” Melody chewed an exquisitely painted fingernail.

Bernard squeezed his eyes shut. “It’s a Weston. Weston’s destined for greatness.”

“It’s no American Gothic.” She turned from Weston’s gray mountain ridges fading into a sepia sky. “That one’s…