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July 5, 2016
Peter The ringtone is long and alien. My heart pounds in my ears. On the third ring, she picks up and her voice is sharp and muffled. “Where the fuck have you been?” “Claire, I’m so sorry. I’m out of the country, my phone died…” “It’s been almost a month, Pete! A whole month! Have […]
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June 15, 2016
Her fingers hover over the keys. She stares at the letter C, wondering what the hell she is doing, trying to picture her sister as a fully grown adult woman, strong and smart, with breasts, coiffed hair, a handbag, a set of keys. All she can manage is an overgrown version of her freckled, gap-toothed, […]
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February 21, 2016
A timid but insistent knocking brings me slowly back to consciousness and I open my eyes to see an empty vodka bottle about four inches from my face. My head is heavy and throbbing, my eyes sting, my mouth is dry with cigarettes and dehydration, my stomach gurgles insistently and my skin is oily. The […]
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February 16, 2016
She was twenty three when she met Jerry, and she was working in another bar in another busy town in another remote country. Her days were spent sitting in cafés alone, eeking out a pot of tea for hours on end while reading a book. Just a face in the crowd, same as usual. She […]
