Welcome to The Blogging from A-Z Challenge April 2014! This year, I’m offering up a story – each one 100 words or fewer - for each letter of the alphabet.
Some are heartfelt, poignant, sweet. Others are…not.
I hope you enjoy them.
Mom asks about his imaginary friend.
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ZERO CHANCE OF MOVING
Mom asks about his imaginary friend.
“Her name is Cindy, she lives in the hall closet. Her face
is all zippers - eyes, nose, everything.” Barry doesn’t like to think of Cindy’s
long, stretched out mouth. When she whispers to him, the tracks of her teeth
click, gnash.
“Sweetie, it’s only the luggage all stacked up. Daddy got it
down from the attic, for when we move next week.”
“Cindy won’t let us.”
But Mom walks away.
“She likes it here,” he whispers.
In the closet, Cindy grins. Her zippered mouth, now glinting
with saliva, slowly opens.
*****
