She finds the rosary tangled in the bottom drawer of his dresser, amid balled socks and a single cufflink shaped like a compass rose. The beads are wooden—olive pits carved smooth by generations of thumbs. The crucifix...
Vespers
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J.M.C. Kane
J.M.C. Kane is the author of Quiet Brilliance: What Employers Miss About Neurodivergent Talent and How to See It (CollectiveInk U.K.), a celebrated nonfiction work on cognitive patterning and inclusion in the workplace. He writes from this learned experience as an ASD-1. Kane was shortlisted for the 2025 Letter Review Prize for Short-Fiction, shortlisted for and then named a finalist in the 32nd Annual Robert J. DeMott Short Prose Contest (2025), shortlisted for the 2025 Welkin Award for Fiction, shortlisted for the Philadelphia Literary Award for short fiction, longlisted for the L’Esprit Leopold Bloom Prize for Innovative Narration, and has recently been nominated for a Pushcart Prize. His most recent work, “The Refusal of Light,” was contracted by The Minnesota Review in January 2026. He lives in New Orleans, LA, and works as an environmental attorney.