Kathleen Powers-Vermaelen

Kathleen Powers-Vermaelen fiction has appeared in Proteus, The East Hampton Star, The Best of Every Day Fiction and other publications. She holds an M.F.A. in Creative Writing and Literature from Stony Brook Southampton, and teaches writing at Suffolk County Community College on Long Island.

The Beekeeper

When I find the counselor waiting for me in the hallway on Sunday morning, I know something bad has happened. “Hello again, Miss Campbell,” she says when I’ve come near enough to hear her. “Could we talk in the lounge for a few minutes?”