There Is No One Backstage

Travis Wade Beaty is a stay-at-home dad to two girls and three cats. Raised in Northeast Indiana, he currently lives in Washington DC. "There Is No One Backstage" is in Short Circuit #04, Short Édition's quarterly review.

Henry Miller is waiting for his cue to go on stage. He is about to become Aiden Bennington, a condescending trust-fund brat. But before that, there is a moment in which he is neither himself, nor an insufferable asshole. He is backstage, behind his entrance door, and he is no one. A moment later, hearing his cue, he becomes Aiden Bennington and makes his entrance. This process occurs again in reverse when Henry comes off stage. He is a dead trust-fund brat. He is no one. He is Henry Miller.Henry doesn't like coming back to himself, back to reality. He prefers the stage, which gives the illusio

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