WORDCHASM

She lives alone now. The stuffed animals are at the Salvation Army. Her Legends of the Fall poster lays rubber-banded under the crate which secures her stash of adolescence. Her answering machine states her name and a polite greeting without a trace of sarcasm.
Her old roommates send cards every year around this time — fiancee’, [...]

Whitey McNice sat behind the thick newsledge. She always arrived a few minutes before her co-anchors. The stylist stood behind her; he was winning over her blonde loose-ends and putting the finishing touches on her eye make-up. The bags were hard to conceal — too many genuine sleepless nights. News was wearing on her; you [...]