Matt Knutson
Matt Knutson holds an MFA from the University of New Orleans Creative Writing Workshop, where he received the Joanna Leake Prize for Fiction. Originally from San Diego, he now lives and writes in Knoxville, Tennessee. His work has appeared in Bridge Eight. You can find him on Twitter @mattknuts.
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The Draw
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Matt KnutsonNearing the corner I held the rifle steady, my trigger-finger taut. My heart thumped with this simple thrill. These new guns were quick to fire, and accurate, but we’d yet to work out how to store two rubber bands, so I still only had the one shot. I couldn’t waste it. Halfway to the corner, a blind angle obscured by honeysuckle, I paused, listening.
