The Naughty List
Dec 25, 2020
Ben waits for his parents to fall asleep before carefully sneaking back downstairs.
He takes a cookie from the plate on the mantel, then sits down next to the fireplace to wait.
Last year, Santa brought him a pistol that shoots.
This year, he’s getting everything on his wish list.
This story originally appeared in Microfiction for Lunch, a weekly collection of bite-sized stories delivered to your inbox every Tuesday.
