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Disclaimer: language“Another gift basket from the company?” My brother asked me, his tone disapproving. He refused to call the company I worked for by name.I didn’t have to respond; he could see it was true from my shame-flushed cheeks.“James,” he continued, his condescension barreling toward me like a 10-foot wave. “What are they trying to cover up now? They can’t keep putting you in these predicaments, forcing you to lie for them. It’s unethical. You’re a pawn in their game. Just like Dad was.”The wave crashed on my head, stealing my breath. Anger, guilt, and sorrow swam through my gut. I al...
Rafters
Anna does her makeup in the rafters. She dabs her brush in the creamy white paint, slathering it on in fat globs. Once, back when she hid in her parents’ long shadows, she was given the luxury of a mirror. Now, though, her hands paint her face’s canvas so much the movements become ingrained within her, muscle memory. The circus, after all, has no private dressing room. This would be the best she could do. Her reputation had to be kept in pristine condition; they couldn’t know that she was human. It would spoil the act. Its magic.Below her, the stage shines with a clear black sheen, as it has s...
In The Woods
In the Woods Jeff OtkenIt was howling that woke him. Permeating his dreams, and slowly drawing him from slumber. He didn’t mind so much; he had hoped he would get to hear the wolves this trip. The memory of the eerie howl echoed thrwww.onedoor.ccough his mind, but he had been so soundly asleep he couldn’t tell how far away it had been. He lay with a patient eagerness in his sleeping bag, awaiting the reply that would undoubtedly echo back across the forests and mountains any moment. It was one of the rare treats of his weekend excursions into the mountains. The baleful and lonesome songs of the pack as they...
The Circle of Life with Scarlet and Rhett v. Bonnie and Clyde
(Violence trigger if Mother Nature can be accused of such in the animal kingdom)With an ominous thwack and a sloshy swish, the Florida 'gator crushes the unwitting flamingo in its strong hinged jaws, dragging it deep under the murky water. In the age-old dance, the flamingo struggles, thrashing wildly about, aiming its sharp talons at an impervious hide, shrieking into the deafening air. The silvery ladyfish drops from it beak to fall back into the muck and swims off, leaving a bloody trail. The exhausted flamingo breathes its last and succumbs, pulled downward to drown at the bottom of the Ev...