Illustrated Short Story: Dorothy & the Tin Man

“Dorothy & the Tin Man” Illustrated by Enonokephas

The magazines sink the trunk into the carpet. For years I’ve said I’ll go through them all and throw out most, but I’ve kept them as much as a hoarder keeps cereal boxes, and I have not gone through any of them ’til now. ’Til now, compulsively I flip every page, lingering over advertisements to make sure there’s not something I might use, something that might strike the match of my imagination. I’m like a…