Sometimes I can't sleep. That's because of the bear under the bed.One night, the bear was breathing hard.When he breathed in, the bed lifted up off the floor.When he breathed out, the bed slammed back ... [+]
Sydney Sackett is a speculative fiction author and poet pursuing her English major in FSU, Maryland. Some of her work appears in Menacing Hedge, Blue Marble Review, MONO., and Not One of Us. Find her at https://sydneybsackett.wixsite.com/website. "There Was An Old Lady" is in Short Circuit #09, Short Édition's quarterly review.
Binaural classics on repeat while she sleeps and writes and eats, and D, vitamin variety, for sun loss come winter, an anemic's pick—quick fix-it before British oat milk ordered overseas which drains her calcium, causing supplements, bulk silicon packs in boxes back to back, add powdered protein to grow on, then wash down with yoga night and morning, Yoplait breakfast hold the rest for after tea; a toast to nourish organicity in search of glorious longevity