Alli Parrett

Alli Parrett is a prose writer and recently completed the Creative Writing MA program at University of Glasgow. Her work was featured in Issue 42 and Issue 43 of "From Glasgow to Saturn." Though she was born in Illinois, she has spent much of her adult life in the Pacific Northwest and Scotland. She lives in Seattle with her husband and two dogs.

The Lottery House

Every Friday, while co-workers are out for their weekly happy hour, Meg sits in bed, her ticket perched on her keyboard, combing through design ideas on the internet while the local newscaster announces lottery numbers. One at a time, the numbered table-tennis balls appear on the screen.