Scorch Atlas: Glass

A story from Scorch Atlas, a 2009 short story collection written by Blake Butler and published by Featherproof Books.

Recorded in a quiet, mostly empty room.

The glass came first in early morning. I watched through the only safe storm window. The sound of sky come ripping - some sour music box, cranked to crack. The panes shattered on impact, each giving off a second spray. We watched the dead yards, already buried, now held under new refracted light.