Alec Niedenthal Alec Niedenthal has published stories in The Baffler, The Brooklyn Rail, Fence, and other publications. He is completing a novel called The Patriotic Plot.

The Patriotic Hat | Fiction

Alec Niedenthal

At the end of her first life, Mrs. Cohen moved to Florida. During her first days in the state she proclaimed the beauty of everything, while inwardly hating it. She was used to the aching distance between the things she said and the things she felt; it seemed to be how she was structured now. “I can’t believe we’re so close to the beach. It’s like a dream,” she said...