Catherine Elcik earned a BA in journalism from Northeastern University and an MA in fiction from Boston University, where she also taught creative writing. She lives in Winthrop, Massachusetts, with her husband.

Water Snakes

An iStory

by Catherine Elcik

The morning her son, Sammy, turns two, Susannah dips him into the lake, his swim diaper sagging as she scans the water for moccasins, same as she had a lifetime ago with Carlos—

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