Paula G. I.

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“The Backroads” by Paula G. I.

Submitted to Contest #249

The last time I found myself on a backroad in the Midwest, I was lost. “Losing your way is the easiest thing to do on a backroad,” Dad would slur between sips. Sometimes, he’d beat lessons into me with a belt: “Don’t let me catch you out driving at night on a backroad,” he’d shout, but I never heard him. I was young enough back then not to listen to the advice I’m repeating now. And, because it came from my old man, I didn’t even bother heeding his warning of getting sleep the night before I pulled his pickup truck out of the yard, and...

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Part-time writer, full-time plotter.