New flash fiction: “Marshoppers and Birds” by L. Hall

The free SF story site 365 tomorrows has a new piece of flash fiction titled “Marshoppers and Birds” (2009), by L. Hall. It’s a quaint agricultural tale about insects and birds on the Red Planet. Here's the opening line: “Robert Lynch kicked the treads of the small field tractor, clots of dried mud falling off and busting on the ground.”