She watched the smoke from the cigarette ooze slowly up to the ceiling, form into a nebulous cloud above her head like some miniature L.A. and then glanced at me. “Open the window, the room smells.” As I struggled with the lock, I noticed the cracks in the pane looked like so many veins in her wrist, pulsing, throbbing, making rivers of passion and death.

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Scott C. Holstad has authored 60+ print books & has published poetry, fiction, nonfiction, literary criticism, journalism, technology & scientific research. His work has appeared in thousands of publications in over 20 languages including the Minnesota Review, Exquisite Corpse, Pacific Review, Sports Illustrated, the TODAY Show, Yahoo, Long Shot, Wormwood Review, Chiron Review, Southern Review, Poetry Review & Poetry Ireland Review among others. He holds degrees and is an alumnus of the University of Tennessee, California State University Long Beach, UCLA and Queens University of Charlotte. He’s moved 35+ times and now lives near Gettysburg PA.

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