Shannan Yates

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“The Red Emperor ” by Shannan Yates

Submitted to Contest #292

“You are a filthy pig, you know that?” Ellie said as she tossed a tea towel at my chest, “I can’t do this anymore, take me back to the shore.”Each time I thought she was beginning to find her place here, to make this boat her home, something else would piss her off and we’d be back to square one.“What is it this time?” I asked.“When you eat something like Weetbix, you need to fill the bowl up with water and let it soak, or it dries and sticks to the edges!”“Well, maybe if you let me wash the dishes, it wouldn’t bother you so much,” I said.“W...

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Aussie teacher, aspiring writer and unapologetic lesbo living on Ngunnawal Land.