Stephanie Carpenter’s prose has appeared in Crab Orchard Review, The Cossack Review, Storyscape, Quiddity, Big Fiction, and other publications. She teaches literature and creative writing at Michigan Tech University.Trial Watchers
“Miss Martin, I know you’re nervous, but please lean toward the microphone and speak as loudly and clearly as you can.” The defense attorney tugs the bottom of his suit coat, seeming nervous himself—of the TV cameras, the prosecutor’s many objections, the climate in this florescent-lit Florida courtroom. “Now, you were born...
