Trio: Three award-winning short stories

Three short stories, 14 pages approx.
1. The State of Grace
When Johnson hears on the small town grapevine that Star intends to return to her abusive husband Wayne for the sake of the children, he gets drunk and threatens to kill her with a shotgun. [1,000 words]
2. A Happily Married Man
David goes off his schizophrenia medication and believes that an angel of the Lord has told him to eliminate the man for whom his wife Crystal Doreen left him. [1,000 words]
3. The Sunflowers
After more abuse at the hands of her husband Wayne, a unusual gardening episode makes Star decide to leave Wayne for good. [1,575 words]