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The Blonde. V+ Fiction Award Winner.
Emma Bates scraped a last mouthful of pea soup from her bowl, then hobbled to the window and yanked the ragged curtain aside. She didn’t bother to scrub her bowl or sponge the vinyl tablecloth. That could wait. Right now, it was time for the girl.
By Bebe King Nicholson4 years ago in Fiction
The Attic
The growing shadows from the flickering kerosene lamp you held covered the disappointment in your eyes. We could hear my mother practicing her singing from downstairs. Her voice travelled into the attic, bouncing around the triangular shaped roof. But she didn’t know we were still here. Your face was lit by the glow of the lamp, but everything around us faded into blackness.
By Greg Allan4 years ago in Fiction
The Oh So Potted Moose
Preacher Steve was driving the Parks Highway. The cruise control set at 69, his favorite number. He’d reached the midway point between Fairbanks and Nenana. That’s Nenana, rhymes with banana. As he passed Skinny Dick’s Halfway Inn, he was distracted by a new sign: Liquor in the Front, Poker in the Rear
By Jack Nanuq4 years ago in Fiction
We Girls Have to Stick Together
I was sure I would recognize her when I saw her. Philip has a “type.” I already know her name is Bridget. She also described herself in great detail on the phone, which made me even more agitated than I was before we made our lunch date. We didn’t do the usual “you’ll know me by the white carnation” crap. She just said, “I’ll be the one who’s eight months pregnant.” That should be easy enough to spot. Especially in an out of the way truck stop diner. This greasy spoon would not have been my first choice for our meeting, but I couldn’t risk being spotted by anyone who knew my husband, or by my husband for that matter.
By DeEtta Miller4 years ago in Fiction
Miss Smythe Has a Fantasy
It had been one of those weeks. Three phone calls from parents who thought their children were gods, two or three children who behaved like it and kept everyone from learning, frustrated children who were exhausted and emotional, a fire-drill where a boy broke for the fences, an active shooter drill that was frankly more terrifying than she was prepared for, and an overwhelming sense that the people who paid her salary didn’t actually care if she lived, died, or just needed classroom equipment. She had cried in the bathroom during her lunch break over the sisters who had come to school after calling paramedics to wake their overdosed mother. It had been one of those weeks. If she was honest with herself, nearly all of the weeks felt like this anymore.
By Lydia Stewart4 years ago in Fiction
Confessions of a Misfit Sorority Girl
“Gamma Phi Beta girls! Boom, boom, boom,” echoes around our expansive entryway. A hundred mostly blond heads fill the space. Their perfectly-curled ringlets bounce with the rhythm. Each face touched by the Southern Californian sun (or spray-tanned). Strapless bras and thongs in place, per our president’s orders.
By Katie Wilson4 years ago in Fiction
