James Kowalczyk was born and raised in Brooklyn but now lives in Northern California with his wife, two daughters, and four cats. He teaches English at both the high school and college levels. His work has been published in print as well as online
Hungry
The truck’s crusher-mouth rotated its blades chomping, debris before swallowing the bone and cartilage it had already picked up from the neighborhood butcher shops.The driver rolled the last drum of the day off the curb and hoisted it into the churning debris when suddenly his apron began to tug at his neck. He tried to free himself.
He didn’t even get a chance to scream.