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Joan Smokes

By: Angela Meyer
Narrated by: Angela Meyer
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Winner of the inaugural Mslexia Novella Award, 2019

She used to be someone else, but now she’s arrived in Vegas, where she can start again. It won’t do to let the past leak in. It’s the Sixties now. She’s going to become … Joan.

She makes a list: Buy a new dress (fitted, floral). Dye her hair (dark). Curl it. Buy red lipstick. Buy cigarettes and a lighter, too: Joan, she decides, is a smoker.

There’s no need to dwell on why she’s here, what went before. She is just moving forward, one foot in front of the other, becoming that new person. Joan.

This city of flashing neon, casinos and shows is full of distractions. Finding a job will be quick and easy. Things to do. New people to meet. A clean sheet.

She’s certainly not thinking about Jack, or … No. Not any more.

Her new life starts right here, right now.

©2019 Angela Meyer (P)2019 Saraband

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"As an act of empathy, as well as a beautifully rendered work of literature, Joan Smokes shines." Eloise Millar, Mslexia judge

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