The Closing Shift

"A high school senior learns some lessons on life."

The air in the kitchen was thick with the smells of the day’s final service-lingering grease, industrial-grade cleaner, and the faint, sweet scent of caramelized sugar from the dessert station. Brian wiped down the stainless steel counter with a damp...

Behind The Dentist’s Mask: Pt 3

"She walked into her divorce meeting in war paint… and walked out straight into temptation."

I’m in the toilet cubicle washing my hands for the third time, staring at myself in the mirror above the sink. The soap smells like cheap lemons, and the fluorescent light is doing me no favours, but my outfit bolsters...