Paul Robert Chesser studied creative writing and comparative literature at University of South Carolina Aiken and Texas Tech University. Recent publications featuring his work include Copper Nickle, Emerson Review, the minnesota review, Nashville Review, Underground Voices, and others. Chesser lives and writes out of Lubbock, Texas.Ambulanced
/ The shop door clicks to a wooden close behind, and a young woman in an oversized men’s raincoat hunches there, rubbing her face. Ella Fitzgerald croons “Ain’t Misbehavin'” from a boxy speaker surrounded by power tools. The lighting is dim and deep yellow like old coffee, but eventually her eyes focus...
