By Melissa Palladino
61 words
The bullet rests lightly in his pocket. She leans into him, licks his bottom lip. The radio bleats, his thigh brushes the steering wheel, a knife edge of sun slices them into bright and shadow.
A younger girl would fabricate a vision of white lace, herself an enchanting bride. This older girl knows better. She pushes on him. Squeezes the bullet.
Melissa Palladino studies karate but her true ambition is to be a jello wrestler because then she can kick ass AND wear a cool costume.
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Jacquelyn Mitchard - author of Deep End of the Ocean
Gregory Maguire - author of Wicked
N. Frank Daniels - author of futureproof
Henry Baum - creator of the Self-Publishing Review, author of North of Sunset and The American Book of the Dead (coming soon)
Jacquelyn Mitchard - author of Deep End of the Ocean
Gregory Maguire - author of Wicked
N. Frank Daniels - author of futureproof
Henry Baum - creator of the Self-Publishing Review, author of North of Sunset and The American Book of the Dead (coming soon)
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Submissions: are no longer being accepted. TS has closed down. But feel free to peruse our archived stories and interviews.
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