Showing posts with label Short Stories by Lorrie Moore. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Short Stories by Lorrie Moore. Show all posts

Sunday, April 7, 2024

Face Time by Lorrie Moore


Illustration by Ard Su


Face Time


I asked my father if he knew where he was and he said, “Kind of.”

“You are in the hospital. Your hip surgery went well. But there is a virus and you have been found to have it. You are contagious. No one can get near. It’s happening all over the world. You caught it in your assisted-living facility. The chef had it.”