James Silberstein attended Washington and Lee University and the University of Southern California. His iStories have appeared in Narrative, and he was a finalist in the 2010 Winter Story Contest. In addition, his story “Amatoria Nervosa” was a Top Five Story of the Week. He lives in Orange County with his wife and daughter.

Weightless

an iStory

by James Silberstein

Matthew and I take Dad to the farmhouse to die.

During the last of it, the death rattle is so loud we give him the morphine we promised we wouldn’t.

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