Matthew Barron-MacFadden

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“Shattered” by Matthew Barron-MacFadden

Submitted to Contest #79

The second hand of the clock made its march around in agonizingly slow circles. Watching from just below the edge of a magazine not actually worthy of his attention, Joe counted down the minutes since the nurse had finished changing his bandages and left the room.  Two more minutes. Gently biting down on his lip as he let out a slow breath, he nodded. Putting the magazine down, he rolled his wheelchair to the door and cautiously glanced around. As he’d hoped, the nurses were gathered at the station far down the hall, their backs turne...

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Matthew is a Special Education Teacher from Calgary, Alberta. He brings a passion for reading and writing to the classroom to improve literacy for students and hopes to inspire his students by remaining active in the writing community. Genres include: Creative non-fiction, fiction- fantasy, science fiction and dystopian. His work focuses on LGBT themes and as he develops as a writer, he aspires to add romance and YA to genres he feels comfortable writing in.