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The Best Short Story I Read in a Lit Mag This Week: “The Hen of God” by Ashley Hutson
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The Best Short Story I Read in a Lit Mag This Week: “The Hen of God” by Ashley Hutson

  Rituals, especially those practiced for a long time, often lose meaning for an adherer. Even those rituals that at first glance might seem strange can, over time, have their profundity sucked dry and their practices turn rote. In Ashley Hutson’s flash fiction piece, “The Hen of God,” (The Conium Review) the protagonist creates a new…