Liz Sugar

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“The Mercy of Joan” by Liz Sugar

Submitted to Contest #154

“We’re running out of time,” Joan says, not exactly to me, but there is no one else in the car that she could be speaking to. I do not feel the need to respond. The digital clock on the dashboard reads 11:32. The red, geometric lines flicker as the clock clumsily readjusts itself, the minutes ticking closer and closer to when we’re supposed to arrive at the party. But Joan and I are not even close. We are on the freeway and traffic is at a standstill. A mass of cars stretches before me like dominos gathering potential energy, waiting for t...

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