Cathy Shipos

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“Imagining Alison” by Cathy Shipos

Submitted to Contest #216

I almost don’t hear the knock. I’m in the kitchen, Pandora playing loudly as I chop onions and grate ginger. The second knock is harder, faster. Clearly not part of Phil Collins’ drum solo.“Just a minute,” I call, trying to imagine who’d be at my door. The young woman I spy through the window doesn’t clear it up for me, but she does look vaguely familiar. Her long legs shift from side to side, one bony hip and then the other thrusting out of threadbare jeans. Her eyes dart, taking in the manicured lawn, the garden pond, the high peaks of the...

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