[Short Story] "The Hole"

A Short Story by JB Minton

Sergeant Simmons tells the Congressman about the first man who died in the hole. “He was a contract worker, pounding rebar posts, along this edge here, to construct a safety fence.” 

The Congressman cranes his neck to take in the incredible scope of the cliff’s edge next to The Hole. “Ironic,” he says.

“How’s that?” the Sergeant replies, annoyed.

“I said i…