Our Park_War and Propriety_The Masquarade_The Kathleen Crisis
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Our Park
TW: Death, implied animal crueltyThat day it rained in the park we hid from it in the little hut at the top of the slide. I had never seen rain before, only heard about it in Jamie’s stories, his stories never told of the noise rain could make falling on a surface – like the pounding steps of protestors as they run from law enforcement – or the wailing wind it sets loose on the world that makes everything tremble. I had always thought that I wouldn’t like rain much, Jamie described it as something that made your skin wet and slippery like the Carp papa would catch from the river, he’d say that...
War and Propriety
It was called the No Man’s Land, and what it was, was the alleyway between the house gardens of Mrs. Clakes and Mrs. Milte. It was named so by one of them; exactly who named it was long forgotten. It was named a long time ago, and that it was later mutually agreed upon was all that was remembered.This story is about that alleyway and the two women who named it, and who have hated each other since long before it was given a name.“All wars are personal,” Mr. Clakes used to say when he was still alive. And he was a man of war; he knew about such things. So, Mrs. Clakes had always understood that...
The Masquarade
“I despise people,” I said.“Glad you’re here,” replied Charles, my favorite acquaintance. My gaze lifted from the town car floor to meet azurite eyes peering through a purple glitter mask. “You look ridiculous,” I told him. “And, the mask only covers a small portion of your freckles.”“You look great,” Charles responded.My mask was red with a feathered ring from my hairline, down around my temples, and to the tip of my nose. I had been convinced by Charles to accompany him to the Artists of Chicago Masquerade Ball. He wore his nicest tuxedo; I wore his number two. The town car pulled up to the ...
The Kathleen Crisis
-The Kathleen Crisis -Amanda shut her bedroom door quietly and leaned on it heavily. Had this evening really ended in this horrific way? It was inconceivable! She was Amanda Quinn; she had been a famous soap opera www.onedoor.ccstar for years! She was the beautiful Amanda Quinn! Yet, she had been totally embarrassed, left wordless and shocked. The nerve of that peon woman in the restaurant! The nerve of her to say she had forgiven her. Forgiven her?Lying on her silk, pink comforter, Amanda closed her eyes and relived the whole dreadful scenario. She would call her lawyer; she would sue the woman for slander...