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The Yellow Box
The Yellow BoxThe security lights were on at the elementary school across the street so I could make out the windows of the classrooms on the east side of the building. I remembered the floor plan inside as I’d spent my childhood there what seemed tonight like a hundred years ago. This was the umpteenth time I’d made tea this week, and many of those had been in the middle of the night. Most of the cups came back with just a couple of grateful sips taken, but it was essentially the only thing mom could keep down anymore. I’d heard the plaintive call comin...
Lemon House: Casino Citron Part I
Three years ago, a ubiquitous scrap of paper with a grammatically erroneous title (“New Year’s Rezolutions”) forced me to turn in my badge and detest the city I had sworn to protect. I found the anonymous note discarded on the stairwell leading to the roof of an affluent high-rise called Copper Condos, which was full of rich pricks. A resident had called to complain about kids setting off firecrackers on the roof. It turned out to be a gunshot. The so-called Rezolutions printed in block letters were outlined on one side of the roughly four-by-six-inch flower-patterned stationery. Perplexingly...
Stone Walls, Iron Bars
Hey, you, out there; you think you know everything there is to know about incarcerated women. But you are grossly misinformed.Just because you watch re-runs ofwww.onedoor.cc Locked Up, Orange is the New Black, Wentworth, or Prisoners, you can’t even begin to know what life is like behind bars in a women’s prison. Each of us has a different story. Oh yes, the dramas about favouritism, butches and Nellies, and physical and psychological violence do exist. There is torture, there are murderers, there are thriving back markets for necessities, and there are drugs. There is also the profiteering by the staff, ...
" The Star of the Show"
I really don't know why I'm doing this. It's all because of my best friends. I will soon be attending a big party when I don't even want to! Uggh! Parties are useless and no fun. I still can't belive I'm going! It all started because my friends made me go." Olive!" says Hannah excitedly. " You know the End-of-the-year party?! We're all invited, including you!"" Yeah!" said Grace holding her phone, jumping up and down. " The party is going to be such a blast!"" Um I don't think I'm going to go," I said to their sad faces. " Parties are not my thing and you know it. Sorry"" Pleaseee," pleaded Gr...