"Some Trick" by Sonia Christensen in Devilfish Review

Grandpa had a monster living inside of him. That’s how come I never saw him much. That’s how come he was never invited around for holidays. He told me so in the nursing home the day I ditched sixth grade science so I wouldn’t have to take a test and went to visit him. Even though I knew I wasn’t supposed to visit Grandpa alone and Grandpa knew it too. Read story here.