Rachel Carrington is a published author and freelance writer whose work can be found in the New York Times, The Writer, Startrek.com, and more. To learn more about her work, visit rachelcarrington.com. "She Danced" is in Short Circuit #05, Short Edition's quarterly review.

She danced naked in the rain, her palms upward to accept the droplets of moisture. Captivated by her own imagination, lost in a world of her own creation, a world where outsiders weren't welcome, she twirled, her feet sinking deep into the sodden grass. Mud squished between her toes, and she tipped her face to the sky, her heart soaring upwards. Passersby stopped to gawk at her, but that didn't halt the Judy Garland tunes she sang at the top of her voice. Strangers could never understand the happiness inside her heart. They didn't even try. Instead, they called her crazy just as they had when

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