Paige Gilmar

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“Dennis the Security Guard” by Paige Gilmar

Submitted to Contest #219

“Don’t forget the kernel between your central and lateral incisors for God’s sake!” This is an exclamation that usually doesn’t come from the mouth of a sane human being. Sure, there is the 0.001% chance that it could be shouted by a pushy dentist with poor bedside manners or a parent with an unusual amount of orthodontic knowledge – or, hey, it could be a mashed-potato hybrid of both! But this exclamation didn’t come from any sane human being. No, this came from the chapped and pimpled mouth of our protagonist, Dennis DeJonker the secur...

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Paige Gilmar is an award-winning journalist, educator, and mental health activist. A freelance writer, she’s won honours like the Harvard Book Prize and thousands of Instagram followers. She also reviews Ivy League essays and Publishers Weekly submissions. Her mental health initiative, Asking Jude, provides mental health support to 33,000.