Nominated for the Pushcart Prize 2021
Shifting Sand
A Hotel Room Confession
5 min readNov 13, 2023
She opened the bright white door of room 111. Brown lattice hung behind the two queen-size beds striped in blood orange, pine green, and white. Claws from the feet of the end tables dug into the golden-brown shag carpet. A dark wooden liquor cabinet displayed a decanter of liquor and crystal glasses. A lone white…