Amy Mahlke

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“They Danced” by Amy Mahlke

Submitted to Contest #221

They say that the deepest definition of youth is a life that has not yet been touched by tragedy. But I know better. Dashed illusions are every bit as destructive to youth as tragedy.My childhood ended on a Friday night in October of ’89, when I was in sixth grade.My little sister Shelby and I were lying at opposite ends of our Grandma Bea’s couch watching T.V., when our Grandma Bea hollered, “Brownie’s are ready, girls!”Shelby scrambled off the couch so fast she kicked me in the face and then staggered into the coffee table, sending Grandma...

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I'm a writer and editor with a soft spot for short stories. My fiction is heavily influenced by my childhood in the Missouri Bootheel.