Alice laid on the floor, holding the proof sheet up to the light. After hours of scanning photos, all the images looked the same. The model’s smile slightly bigger or smaller, one foot an inch farther ahead or behind, her white skirt billowing more or less in the artificial breeze created by the fan. Alice wondered why she spent so much time fretting over whether number five conveyed the whimsy she was going for better than number forty-five. Time wasted sweating in the studio with no air conditioning when she could be on a beach working on her tan. She [...]
Dead
Strands of Christmas lights twinkling overhead lit Guido’s Pizzeria. I sat at our table in the back corner twirling my engagement ring around my finger. I unfolded the postcard clutched in my hand and read it again. “I’m not dead. Meet me tonight at Guido’s Pizzeria. Tell no one. ” My heart tightened like it had a month ago when Ryan went missing. When he didn’t return home to our shared apartment from his hunting trip in the woods on time, I wasn’t overly concerned. Ryan was no unseasoned rookie out hunting in the woods in the winter for the [...]
Personal Items
Sofia stood tip toed on the stool. Her back cracked in protest as she stretched to her full height. Her hand patted along the closet’s dusty shelf. Where was it? She knew it was in there. She almost toppled off the stool when the car horn sounded. She aimed her glare out the window. Impatient kid. Well, she could just wait a minute. No reason they had to be early. Her hand moved along the empty shelf. Now where was that damn thing? She sighed and her body relaxed into its normal hunched posture. Her foot stuttered as it reached [...]
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