Stories tagged “fish out of water”
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Leaving the Bayou
She watched LeBlanc as he put his finger in his collar and eased the fabric away from his neck for the eighth time in as many minutes. It was an odd habit, in her opinion, and had already left a grubby mark on the expensive white cotton. She knew damne...
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Desperate Times, Desperate Measures
Opening the door, I was confronted with a sea of white faces. There were white people everywhere- at the bar, singing kareoke, nursing watered-down drinks and nodding to the music, or chatting in groups threes and fours. Two had passed out and were ign...
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Just Another Night
Restless, I relentlessly seek intrigue at the bottom of a bottle…or two, or four. As the cigarette at the tip of my finger burns away, so too does my preference for what’s practical, normal, accepted as life as “we know it.” Con...