Coconut
-- Sheepshead Review 2016 Rising Phoenix Fiction Winner -- Coconut is the only one of his kind on the island. And for all intents and purposes, he's alright with that. But it takes a man to wash up on shore for Coconut to begin to question his loneliness. Along with his winged friend, Pete, Coconut reflects on his past, as well as what it means to be compassionate. Will Coconut allow the man to starve? Or will he sacrifice his precious nuts to allow the man a measly existence of solidarity?