The Jobber

Arvee Fantilagan grew up in the Philippines, lives in Japan, and has more of his works at sites.google.com/view/arveef. He hopes to write a better bio someday. "The Jobber" is in Short Circuit #15, Short Édition's quarterly review.

Chuck always ends up waxing poetic around his trainees.   About how professional wrestling is a dance—a violent choreography of chokeholds and suplexes, timed to the tune of their bookers' plotlines. How each beautiful sequence could lead them to immortality, but a single misstep could mean expulsion, or a broken spine.   It was a turbulent tango, and it only took one to ruin it. Which that damn kid Bruno was trying his best to do. On his very first match on live television, too. "Jump!" Chuck hissed at the rookie tucked between his legs, too heavy for him to lift. "We're doing a power

© Short Édition - All Rights Reserved

You might also like…

Short Fiction

Owners, Soon

Jin Ki.

It was finally enough. Pablo's bank account finally had the minimum for a down payment for a 30-year mortgage for an outer-borough co-op apartment. "We'll finally own a place," he told his wife ...  [+]

Short Fiction

Plain Cooking

DianeVB Br.

My sister Ellen likes to tell me I am a good plain cook. Rather than be offended by this, I take a pride in getting the basics right. It doesn't matter how fancy you are if it doesn't taste ...  [+]

Short Fiction