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Last Night

September 21, 2023 7 Comments

By Jen Ross

Tall and curvy with glossy black curls and smudged cherry lipstick, the girl adjusts her clingy red dress and glances nervously up and down the darkened street corner. As she slinks out of the dented silver car with tinted windows, her stilettos hit the pavement, producing that distinct metallic echo that signals a woman on the prowl. She cranes her neck up wistfully towards the stars, wondering how it all went so wrong. Tonight will be the last time, she vows, placing her hand reassuringly over her faux-leather purse, palming the pack of sleeping pills she stole from her last customer.

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  1. Coco says

    September 21, 2023 at 5:56 pm

    Great work telling a whole story in a few words.
    Nicely done!

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  2. Dan says

    September 22, 2023 at 6:43 pm

    Love the imagery! Very visual and evocative. Nicely done.

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  3. David says

    September 23, 2023 at 2:50 am

    I agree with Dan’s comment.

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  4. David Higham says

    September 27, 2023 at 10:25 am

    Excellent story telling.

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  5. Paul Scott Wood says

    September 27, 2023 at 10:32 am

    Hopefully, her last night will free her without taking the sleeping pills.

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  6. Bud says

    September 27, 2023 at 11:20 am

    Extremely descriptive and captivating imagery. Great job!

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  7. maria warner says

    September 27, 2023 at 3:06 pm

    The theft of her dreams, the client of his pills, and now of her life…so well done. Thank you for writing this.

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